Who is Tabata Amaral?
Tabata Amaral entered the Chamber of Deputies in 2019 and was re-elected in 2022 and again in October 2026. This time she won 476,383 votes for the PSB in São Paulo, among the five highest in the state. In 2024 she ran for mayor of São Paulo. In 2026 she chaired the special committee reviewing the National Education Plan for 2024 to 2034 and served as rapporteur of the bill to criminalise misogyny. Congresso em Foco named her among the ten most outstanding federal deputies of 2026.
Previously: PSB candidate for mayor of São Paulo (2024) · Chair of the special committee on the National Education Plan 2024-2034 · Rapporteur of the bill to criminalise misogyny (2026)
Documented positions
- In November 2023 she said that calling oneself pro-market while opposing the tax reform was illogical, and wanted it enacted by early December.Source: jovempan.com.br
- In May 2024 she called the Sabesp privatisation a mistake driven by the election year and said she would seek investment commitments for peripheral neighbourhoods.Source: brasildefato.com.br
- Her 2024 mayoral platform listed more full-time schools, children literate at the right age, faster buses and public security as top priorities.Source: folhape.com.br
- She voted against the sentence-reduction bill for the 8 January 2023 convicts when the Chamber passed it, 291 to 148, on 10 December 2025.Source: oantagonista.com.br
- On 30 April 2026 she voted to keep President Lula's veto of that bill, which Congress overrode by 318 votes to 144 in the Chamber.Source: gazetadopovo.com.br
- She chairs the special committee on the National Education Plan for 2024-2034 and was rapporteur of the bill to criminalise misogyny in 2026.Source: congressoemfoco.com.br
- Her 2026 re-election to a third term was with 476,383 votes for the PSB in São Paulo.Source: acessa.com
Record
Her legislative work centres on education, early childhood, women's policy and inequality. She argued for the 2023 tax reform and in 2024 ran for mayor of São Paulo on a platform of full-time schools, mobility and public security. Supporters, including the technical jury of the Congresso em Foco prize, credit her with legislative output, alliance-building and contributions to national policy. Documented policy criticism of her record was not found in the sources reviewed.
In their words
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