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Arto PirttilahtiEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 120/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming traveller insolvency protection
The security system for travel service providers will be reformed to ensure that travellers are more reliably refunded their advance payments and brought home if a travel organiser becomes insolvent. A new insolvency protection fee and increased supervisory fees will be introduced for businesses in the sector.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded23 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 105/2017 vpPassed
Reforming and expanding traveller protection
The new act will replace the Package Travel Act and extend travellers' rights to cover combinations of travel services assembled online and separately. At the same time, the rules on cancelling trips, limits on price increases, and compensation in cases of non-conformity will be clarified.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded23 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 98/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering the Orthodox Church voting age
The voting age in Orthodox Church elections will be lowered to 16. At the same time, the term of office of the church assembly will be extended to four years and church administrative provisions will be clarified.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded21 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 126/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming foreign service allowances and transport
Civil servants working at Finland's missions abroad could be provided with transport services at insecure duty stations. At the same time, allowances for domestic helpers would be abolished and healthcare reimbursement practices clarified.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded20 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 110/2017 vpPassed
Gradual increase in tobacco duty
Taxation on tobacco products will be increased gradually in 2018 and 2019, raising consumer prices for cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco. The amendment will collect additional tax revenue for the state and aims to reduce smoking.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded17 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2017 vpPassed
Transfer of financial and debt counselling
Responsibility for organising financial and debt counselling will be transferred from municipalities and the Regional State Administrative Agencies to state legal aid offices. The content of the advice provided to citizens will remain unchanged, but the availability of services and online transactions will be harmonised across the country.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded17 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 108/2017 vpPassed
Exempting low earners from broadcasting tax
Low earners will be exempt from the public broadcasting tax, and liability to pay the tax will only begin at higher income levels. At the same time, the maximum amount of the broadcasting tax will rise slightly for higher earners.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded16 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 85/2017 vpPassed
Reforming building rights and space requirements
Permitted building rights may be exceeded by the space taken up by civil defence shelters, building services shafts, and thick dividing walls. At the same time, powers will be added to the act to lay down more detailed provisions on space requirements and indoor mobile phone reception.
Arto Pirttilahti: Yes16 Nov 2017 · 1 voteOnly vote · 217 § 2 mom., mietintö / Riitta Myller
98 jaa54 ei - HE 89/2017 vpPassed
Repealing the outdated Population Census Act
The Population Census Act, dating from 1938, will be repealed as redundant. Separate censuses based on questionnaires have not been conducted since 1980; instead, population statistics are nowadays compiled directly from administrative registers.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded10 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 88/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying pressure equipment regulation and supervision
The Pressure Equipment Act will be amended and clarified to facilitate practical application and the division of responsibilities between authorities. An explicit right will be laid down for the Finnish Defence Forces to maintain their own register of pressure equipment, and the rules on language requirements for equipment and inspection schedules will be made more flexible.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded10 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 268/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Combination sentences for dangerous repeat offenders
A new combination sentence is created for highly dangerous repeat perpetrators of serious crimes, consisting of imprisonment followed by a one-year supervision period. The reform replaces the previous practice in which the sentenced person served the entire sentence in prison and was released without supervision.
Arto Pirttilahti: Yes6 Nov 2017 · 2 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 6 luvun 2 §, mietintö / Eva Biaudet
160 jaa15 ei - HE 252/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Adding alternatives to remand imprisonment
Instead of being imprisoned, a person suspected or convicted of an offence could be placed under an electronically supervised travel ban or investigative detention. At the same time, the retention period for remand prisoners on police premises will be significantly shortened.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded6 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 37/2017 vpPassed
Expanding police security checks at events
The police will be able to search persons present in the area of public events and gatherings, searching not only for dangerous objects but also for other prohibited substances, such as drugs. Where the situation requires, a search may be conducted without a concrete suspicion of an offence.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded1 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2017 vpPassed
Reforming vehicle tax penalties and enforcement
Unauthorised use of a decommissioned or unregistered vehicle will incur only an administrative additional tax instead of a fine. At the same time, automated enforcement of vehicle tax using cameras and licence plate recognition devices will be enabled.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded24 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 119/2017 vpPassed
Extending fairway fee and tax cuts
The halved fairway dues for merchant shipping and the abolition of track tax on freight transport will remain in force throughout 2018. The measures will ease transport costs for industry and export companies.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded20 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 92/2017 vpPassed
Clarifying Municipal Guarantee Board rules
The term of office of the delegation of the Municipal Guarantee Board will begin earlier, right at the start of the year following municipal elections. In addition, the option to use contractual covenants as collateral for guarantees will be incorporated into the act.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded20 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2017 vpPassed
Approving the EU-Cuba cooperation agreement
Finland will approve the agreement on political dialogue and cooperation between the European Union, its member states and Cuba. The agreement establishes for the first time an official framework for relations and cooperation between the EU and Cuba.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded19 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 95/2017 vpPassed
Bringing forward the delegation's term
The new term of office of the delegation of the Commission for Local Authority Employers will begin at the start of January instead of October in the year following municipal elections. The change will speed up the start of the new delegation after municipal elections.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded11 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2017 vpPassed
Closer customs cooperation with Uruguay
Finland and Uruguay will begin official cooperation in the prevention and investigation of customs offences. The customs authorities of both countries will be able to exchange information and provide each other with mutual administrative assistance.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded10 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 269/2016 vpPassed
Extending business prohibitions to self-employed professionals
A business prohibition could also be imposed on private self-employed professionals, and authorities could more readily ask the police or Finnish Customs to investigate the prerequisites for a prohibition. At the same time, it would ensure that the mere materialisation of business risk and insolvency does not lead to a business prohibition.
Arto Pirttilahti: No vote recorded29 Sep 2017 · passed without a vote