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Markku Eestilä

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  1. HE 11/2025 vpPassed

    Tightening conditions for family reunification

    Conditions for family reunification will be tightened by setting an age limit of 21 years for residence permits for spouses and requiring beneficiaries of international protection to have resided in Finland for two years before bringing their family to the country. In addition, secured means of support will, as a rule, be required for the entry of a guardian of a minor who has received subsidiary protection.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    15 May 2025 · 7 votes
    103 jaa
    51 ei
  2. HE 298/2022 vpPassed

    Postponing tighter elderly care staffing ratios

    The full entry into force of the minimum staffing ratio of 0.7 employees in 24-hour care for older people will be postponed until December 2023. From the beginning of April 2023, however, the staffing requirement will rise temporarily to 0.65 employees per client.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    26 Jan 2023 · 16 votes
    119 jaa
    38 ei
  3. HE 216/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming startup residence permits

    The residence permit procedure for foreign startup entrepreneurs will become part of a chargeable permit application, with Business Finland assessing the business activities directly in the immigration administration's IT system. Ordinary foreign entrepreneurs will no longer be required to register a company in Finland before being granted their first residence permit.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  4. HE 137/2026 vpIn progress

    More effective forfeiture of criminal proceeds

    Authorities will be able to forfeit criminal assets to the state more easily than before. Forfeiting assets will no longer always require a conviction for a specific individual offence.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  5. HE 120/2026 vpIn progress

    Enhancing prison security and supervision

    The Criminal Sanctions Agency will receive clearer powers to restrict prison operations in serious societal disruptions and to supervise prisoners in everyday life. At the same time, security requirements for prison leaves will be tightened, and prisoners' ability to use their personal payment cards will be promoted.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  6. HE 239/2026 vpIn progress

    Reorganising KEHA Centre duties

    The state will cut duties related to employment services at the KEHA Centre and transfer some services to other authorities. Municipalities will be more independently responsible for advising jobseekers and for their own training, while international recruitment will be centralised at Business Finland.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  7. HE 238/2026 vpIn progress

    Harmonising employment law limitation periods

    Limitation periods for employees' claims regarding pay, working hours and annual holidays will be harmonised to be similar. During an employment relationship, claims will generally expire in three years, and the limitation period can be interrupted by an informal notification without legal proceedings.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  8. HE 215/2026 vpIn progress

    Establishing a water management data repository

    Official data on water resources, water services, dam safety and floods will be compiled into a statutory water management data repository. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to obtain flood damage compensation data from insurance companies for anticipating and managing flood risks.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  9. HE 186/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding the senior Kela reimbursement pilot

    People aged over 65 will receive Kela reimbursement for private physiotherapy with a co-payment corresponding to client fees in public health care. In addition, the number of reimbursed general practitioner visits under the pilot will be increased and the pilot will be extended to the end of 2028.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  10. HE 142/2026 vpIn progress

    Permanent authorisation for industrial property attorneys

    The authorisation of industrial property attorneys will be made valid until further notice, meaning it will no longer need to be renewed every five years. At the same time, the annual supervisory fee charged to attorneys will be increased.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  11. HE 113/2024 vpPassed

    Cutting state funding for churches

    The state will cut funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church by a total of 20 million euros from 2025 onwards. The saving will balance central government finances in a situation where the tax revenues of the churches are estimated to increase correspondingly due to other tax changes.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    28 Nov 2024 · 2 votes
    117 jaa
    40 ei
  12. HE 30/2024 vpPassed

    Introducing an asylum border procedure

    A rapid border procedure will be introduced in Finland for processing unfounded asylum applications lodged at the external border. Applicants will not be allowed to move freely within Finland during the procedure, but must remain within the designated reception centre area.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    24 Jun 2024 · 6 votes
    158 jaa
    13 ei
  13. HE 112/2024 vpPassed

    Cutting vocational education and training funding

    Funding for vocational education and training will be cut by 120 million euros from 2025 onwards, reducing study places for adults who already hold a qualification. At the same time, administrative obligations for upper secondary institutions will be eased, and an additional 10 million euros will be allocated to support for learning in general upper secondary schools.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    96 jaa
    66 ei
  14. HE 47/2023 vpPassed

    Limiting index increases in church funding

    The annual index increases in central government funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church will be reduced in 2024–2027. Increases will be calculated based on the rise in the consumer price index minus one percentage point.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    30 Nov 2023 · 1 vote
    97 jaa
    56 ei
  15. HE 66/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Enabling regional passenger train procurement

    Municipalities and regional actors will be able to organise and tender subsidised passenger train services in their area. Responsibility for procuring state rail transport will transfer to Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), and the regulatory body supervising the market to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV).

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 105/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans

    Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    53 ei
  17. HE 221/2026 vpIn progress

    Writing peatland protection rules into law

    The protection rules for 71 state-owned peatland reserves will be updated and transferred from a decree directly into law. The conservation provisions and rights of use in the areas, such as hunting, fishing, and reindeer husbandry, will remain largely unchanged.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  18. HE 209/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming tax rules for investment funds

    The requirement that a foreign investment fund be contractual in form is removed from tax exemption and replaced with a condition that the fund be exempt from tax in its home state. At the same time, establishing European long-term investment funds in Finland will be made easier by also allowing ordinary retail investors as unitholders.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  19. HE 178/2026 vpIn progress

    Reintroducing afforestation aid for wasteland

    Afforestation aid for wasteland will be reintroduced for 2027–2029 to increase forest area and carbon sinks. Private landowners will be able to apply for state aid to plant forest on, for example, fields taken out of cultivation or former peat extraction sites.

    Markku Eestilä: No vote recorded
    30 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  20. HE 146/2026 vpIn progress

    Extending the last pension institution principle

    Pension applicants will receive their earnings-related pension under a single decision also when their career includes employment at the Bank of Finland or in the Åland public sector. In addition, pension institutions' access to health data will be accelerated by enabling data to be retrieved electronically directly from the Kanta services.

    Markku Eestilä: Yes
    30 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Suna Kymäläisen ehdotus EI

    96 jaa
    77 ei
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