Members of Congress and supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro celebrate the vote during a session to vote on a bill, which proposes reducing the sentences for January 8, 2023, riot convictions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil, December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Members of Congress and supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro react during a session to vote on a bill, which proposes reducing the sentences for January 8, 2023, riot convictions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil, December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
President of the Chamber of Deputies Hugo Motta attends a session at the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
President of the Chamber of Deputies Hugo Motta listens to the federal deputy Sostenes Cavalcante and Paulinho da Forca during a session to vote on a bill, which proposes reducing the sentences for January 8, 2023, riot convictions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil, December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Brazil’s lower house early on Wednesday approved a bill that could potentially cut former President Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term to just over two years if the Senate also backs the measure, France 24 along with AFP reported.

Reuters could not immediately verify the reports. Brazil's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the France 24 and AFP report outside of regular office hours.

Last month, Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year sentence for unsuccessfully plotting a coup against his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after losing the 2022 election. He is being held at a Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia.

Defense lawyers for Bolsonaro on Tuesday requested his removal from jail to a hospital for "surgical procedures", according to a document seen by Reuters.

The lawyers also reaffirmed their request for the right-wing leader to serve his sentence under "humanitarian house arrest".

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)