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- HE 69/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Three-year residence requirement for child home care allowance
Receiving the child home care allowance will require at least three years of residence in Finland, and the allowance will be paid only to a parent who mainly cares for the child themselves. The change will encourage immigrant families to take children to early childhood education and care and to transition into integration services and the labour market.
23 Oct 2026 · 5 votes98 jaa78 ei - HE 98/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering taxes on labour
Taxes on labour will be lowered from the beginning of 2026 by cutting the highest marginal tax rates and increasing the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. As a counterbalance, the tax deductibility of trade union membership fees, the tax exemption for company bicycles, and the home office deduction for wage earners will be abolished.
21 Nov 2025 · 12 votes116 jaa40 ei - HE 180/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming social welfare services
The Social Welfare Act will be reformed by easing recording and administrative obligations on professionals and combining services that support work ability and families. At the same time, the Act on Rehabilitative Work Activities will be repealed and certain client fees for social services will be raised.
29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 177/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of student financial aid
The Student Financial Aid Act would be replaced by a new Act on Student Benefits, reforming student grants and loan terms. Among other things, the reform would increase the study grant for families with multiple children, remove student loans for minors living with their parents, and change the terms of the student loan compensation.
1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 74/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening general housing allowance rules
The general housing allowance will be reduced and eligibility criteria tightened to save state expenditure. At the same time, housing allowance paid for owner-occupied homes will be abolished completely.
14 Dec 2023 · 5 votes99 jaa79 ei - HE 228/2022 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be reduced by raising the income thresholds used to determine fees by 33 per cent. The change will lower early childhood education and care fees particularly for middle-income families and make early childhood education and care free of charge for more families.
20 Dec 2022 · 5 votes121 jaa31 ei - HE 80/2023 vpPassed
Raising student loans and provider supplements
The maximum amount of the government guarantee for student loans will be increased, and the provider supplement to the study grant for students providing for a child will be raised. At the same time, the number of student loan disbursement instalments during the academic year will be increased for upper secondary students.
14 Dec 2023 · 12 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Markku Siponen 1
92 jaa69 ei - HE 148/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Promoting equality and protection against discrimination
Equality planning will be extended to early childhood education and care, and supervision of discrimination in working life will be enhanced. The definition of harassment will be broadened, and the right of persons with disabilities to reasonable accommodation will be clarified.
8 Dec 2022 · 1 vote114 jaa38 ei - HE 236/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening family benefits and purchasing power
Several social benefits for families with children will be increased for 2023 due to accelerating inflation and rising prices. In addition, the annual out-of-pocket maximum for medicine reimbursements will be frozen for one year, and the care supplement of the private day care allowance will be increased permanently.
7 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 235/2022 vpPassed
Extra child benefit in December 2022
All recipients of child benefit will be paid double child benefit in December 2022. The extra child benefit will not reduce the social assistance received by the family.
25 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 151/2016 vpPassed
Small reduction in child benefit
Monthly child benefit amounts will be slightly reduced from the beginning of 2017. However, the amount of the single-parent supplement will remain unchanged.
25 Nov 2016 · 2 votes100 jaa61 ei - HE 60/2016 vpWithdrawn
Reforming early childhood education fees
The maximum client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be increased, and fee criteria for part-time care will be harmonised. At the same time, fees for low-income single parents will be reduced to improve work incentives.
9 Sep 2016 · no votes - HE 112/2017 vpPassed
Increasing municipalities' corporate tax share
Municipalities' share of revenue from corporate income tax will be increased and the central government's share decreased correspondingly. The amendment will compensate municipalities for revenue losses resulting from reductions in client fees for early childhood education and care.
13 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 115/2017 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Early childhood education and care fees will be lowered for low- and middle-income families and families with multiple children. The reform aims to dismantle incentive traps and make taking up work more worthwhile.
11 Dec 2017 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa
146 jaa35 ei - HE 205/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering early childhood education and care fees
Early childhood education and care fees for low-income families of two and three persons will be reduced, and the fee share for the second child will be lowered. An entirely new separate act will also be enacted on client fees in early childhood education and care.
21 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote