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- HE 48/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming animal identification and registration rules
Identification and registration rules for dogs, equines and livestock will be clarified, and a penalty fee may be imposed for failure to register. At the same time, slaughter marking requirements for pigs will be eased.
5 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 19/2026 vpPassed
Clarifying transport rules and driving entitlements
Temporary transport operations by foreign vehicles in Finland will be monitored and penalised more strictly with administrative penalty fees. At the same time, passenger car driving licences will permit the driving of heavier low-emission vans and lorries.
29 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming banking regulation and supervision
Finnish legislation on credit institutions will be brought into line with the EU's latest banking package to improve the stability of the financial system. Banks will face new risk management obligations and supervisory authorities will be granted broader powers.
23 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cross-border gathering of electronic evidence
Finnish authorities will be able to demand electronic criminal evidence directly from service providers operating in another EU country. Correspondingly, authorities in other EU countries will also be able to request data from services operating in Finland.
15 May 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 77/2025 vpWithdrawn
Supervision of the EU deforestation regulation
A supervision and penalty system for the EU Deforestation Regulation will be introduced in Finland to prevent products causing deforestation from entering the market or being exported. The Finnish Food Authority will act as the principal supervisory authority, and substantial administrative penalty payments may be imposed for violations of the requirements.
10 Jun 2026 · no votes - HE 16/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Opening the gambling market to competition
Finland's gambling system will be partially opened to competition by moving to a licensing system where companies can offer online gambling under a licence granted by the supervisory authority. Part of gambling, such as lotteries and physical slot machines, will remain the exclusive right of the state-owned company Veikkaus.
19 Dec 2025 · 19 votes158 jaa9 ei - HE 220/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming safety supervision of work equipment
Safety requirements and market surveillance for machinery and technical equipment used at work will be reformed in line with EU regulation. Administrative fines can be imposed for minor safety deficiencies, and supervision will be centralised under a single authority.
6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 218/2026 vpIn progress
Regulating secondary use of health data
The proposal aligns Finnish legislation with the European Health Data Space so that electronic health and social data can be utilised in research and innovation under common European rules. At the same time, citizens will be given the option to opt out of the disclosure of their data for secondary use via MyKanta.
6 Oct 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
93 jaa69 ei - HE 161/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Obligations and penalties for reindeer herding
Reindeer herding co-operatives will have an obligation to draw up ten-year plans for the management and sustainable use of reindeer pastures. Rules on reducing reindeer numbers will be tightened, and a fixed penalty fee may be imposed on a reindeer owner who neglects the obligation to reduce reindeer.
22 May 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Proposed statement
151 jaa20 ei - HE 37/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Mitigating carbon border mechanism penalties
Finnish Customs will be able to reduce penalties related to the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism in certain error and borderline cases. The amendment will avoid unreasonable sanctions for companies in situations where reporting errors are caused by external parties.
13 May 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 187/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding and streamlining plea bargaining
Plea bargaining will be expanded to cover aggravated narcotics offences, aggravated robberies and aggravated human trafficking. A person suspected of an offence can receive a more lenient sentence by confessing to their act, which speeds up and eases the judicial process.
13 May 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Supervising the use of artificial intelligence
A supervisory system for the safe use of artificial intelligence systems would be established in Finland in line with EU artificial intelligence regulation. Authorities would receive powers to supervise the use of artificial intelligence and address breaches of the rules through administrative fines.
16 Dec 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Perustelut: mietintö JAA / Hanna Holopaisen ehdotus EI
113 jaa48 ei - HE 170/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Protection against cross-border harassment lawsuits
A new act will protect journalists, researchers and civil society organisations from unfounded lawsuits brought with the intention of silencing them in cross-border civil cases. Courts would be able to dismiss a harassment lawsuit at an early stage, require security for legal costs from the claimant, and impose a penalty fee on the claimant.
22 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2026 vpIn progress
Extending data protection fines to authorities
Administrative fines could be imposed on public authorities and other public bodies for breaches of data protection rules. At the same time, situations in which citizens do not need to be notified of a data breach would be clarified.
1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 195/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying environmental penal provisions
Penal provisions concerning fluorinated greenhouse gases, ozone-depleting substances and the reporting of industrial emissions data will be clarified in line with EU regulation. The acts will define more precisely the acts and omissions for which a fine may be imposed.
25 Feb 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 57/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Increasing transparency in political advertising
Rules on transparency in political advertising and restrictions on targeting online advertising will be tightened in line with EU regulation. The National Audit Office of Finland (VTV) will supervise advertising transparency and will be able to impose penalty payments for breaches of the rules.
19 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 12/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting political and sympathy strikes
The duration of political strikes will be limited to a maximum of 24 hours, and restrictions will be placed on sympathy industrial actions to prevent harm to third parties. At the same time, fines imposed for illegal strikes will be increased, and an employee may be ordered to pay a fee for continuing a strike found to be illegal.
15 May 2024 · 10 votes107 jaa57 ei - HE 57/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding and tightening cybersecurity requirements
Companies and authorities vital to the functioning of society will face stricter obligations to protect themselves against cyber threats and report information security incidents. The reform will improve the resilience of critical services and strengthen cybersecurity across the country.
25 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 128/2025 vpPassed with amendments
User rights to device data
Consumers and businesses will gain the right to access data generated by their smart devices and share it onwards, for example with repair and maintenance services. Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will supervise compliance with the data-sharing rules and will be able to impose administrative fines for infringements.
24 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 176/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Flexible tax deadlines during disruptions
Deadlines for tax returns, tax payments and other tax obligations could be extended quickly by decree in serious disruptions. This would prevent late-filing penalties if obligations cannot be fulfilled because of, for example, widespread electricity or telecommunications outages.
26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote