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- HE 69/2026 vpIn progress
Residence requirement for child home care allowance
Qualifying for 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 reform aims to encourage immigrant families to enrol children in early childhood education and care and to take up integration services and enter the labour market.
15 Oct 2026 · 2 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
92 jaa51 ei - HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits
Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.
18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 115/2025 vpPassed
More effective child maintenance reviews
Kela will notify wellbeing services counties if a liable parent's income has changed substantially while maintenance support is being paid. Based on the notifications, wellbeing services counties will take action to increase or reduce the amount of child maintenance.
21 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 189/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming legal gender recognition
An adult will be able to confirm their legal gender through their own declaration without a medical examination or the requirement of infertility. The applicant must confirm their application after a reflection period of at least 30 days.
7 Feb 2023 · 11 votes113 jaa69 ei - HE 132/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up and clarifying parentage confirmation
The Paternity Act and the Maternity Act will be merged into a single act, and the establishment of parentage in cases of advance acknowledgment will be speeded up. At the same time, female couples undergoing fertility treatment will be given the option to choose the sperm donor as the child's second parent.
28 Jun 2022 · 6 votes106 jaa46 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 129/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming family leave and parental allowances
Parental leave and parental allowances will be divided equally between both parents, and leave can be used flexibly until the child reaches the age of two. In addition, employees will be entitled to five days of annual carer's leave to care for a close relative.
21 Dec 2021 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
85 jaa62 ei - HE 234/2018 vpPassed
Improving student financial aid for minors
Students under 18 years of age living independently will receive the basic amount of the study grant without taking parental income into account. In addition, grants and scholarships will no longer be counted as income in student financial aid.
18 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 229/2016 vpPassed
Reforming student aid and increasing loans
The study grant for higher education students will be cut and the government guarantee for student loans will be increased, alongside students moving primarily under the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum aid period for higher education studies will be shortened and means-testing of student financial aid will be removed for some upper secondary students.
19 Dec 2016 · 2 votes101 jaa64 ei - HE 80/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting early childhood education and care
A child's right to municipal early childhood education and care will be limited to 20 hours a week if the parents do not work or study full-time. The right to full-time care will still be retained for children of parents in full-time work or studies, as well as in situations where it meets the needs of the child or the family.
21 Dec 2015 · 1 vote114 jaa65 ei - HE 51/2020 vpPassed
Temporary support for unpaid coronavirus absences
Temporary support will be paid to employees who have had to take unpaid leave to care for a young child at home due to coronavirus recommendations. The support will also be available to employees arriving in Finland from abroad who are absent from work without pay because of a two-week quarantine.
27 Apr 2020 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 2, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
31 jaa19 ei - HE 33/2019 vpPassed
Student financial aid increases and indexation
The study grant will be linked to the national pension index, which tracks increases in the cost of living, and the provider supplement for students with children will be increased. At the same time, the terms of the student loan compensation for people completing a degree abroad will be made more flexible and the housing supplement abroad will be standardised.
26 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 40/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Ending study grant index adjustments
Annual index adjustments to the study grant will be abolished, meaning the grant amount will no longer increase automatically in line with the cost of living. At the same time, the parental income limits for 18-to-19-year-old upper secondary students living independently will be raised, and the eligibility conditions for student financial aid for studying abroad will be made more flexible.
27 Nov 2015 · 2 votes110 jaa57 ei - HE 9/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Postponing early childhood personnel registration
The obligation for municipalities to record early childhood education and care personnel data in the national database will be postponed by one year to autumn 2020. The more detailed schedule for introducing the database will be laid down by government decree.
10 Oct 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 88/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming child custody and shared residence
Rules on child custody and right of access will be reformed to reflect more diverse family situations. The act will incorporate the possibility of shared residence, strengthen the child's right to be heard, and enable the right of access to other persons close to the child as well.
11 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote