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Jani ToivolaEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 175/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Linking water objectives to environmental permits
Securing the good status of water bodies and the prohibition of deterioration will become directly statutory, binding conditions for granting environmental and water permits. At the same time, companies will be able to apply for a derogation from water objectives directly in connection with the permit application, speeding up the processing of projects.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 10 votes99 jaa71 ei - HE 128/2024 vpPassed
Ending national pension payments abroad
In the future, the national pension will no longer be paid to people living abroad. Only persons residing in Finland will receive the pension going forward.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - HE 70/2024 vpPassed
Tightening funding for wellbeing services counties
The rules governing central government funding for wellbeing services counties will be amended by introducing a graduated deductible to the retrospective adjustment and by taking changes in the level of client fees into account in the funding in advance. The amendments aim to encourage wellbeing services counties to curb the growth of costs.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 6 votes99 jaa70 ei - HE 31/2025 vpPassed
Merging education and culture agencies
The separate agencies operating under the Ministry of Education and Culture will be merged into five larger agencies from the beginning of 2026. The reform will clarify administration and bring together bodies carrying out similar tasks.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded25 Jun 2025 · 5 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion 4
106 jaa51 ei - HE 119/2025 vpPassed
Increasing unemployment insurance contributions
Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will rise at the beginning of 2026. The increases will ensure that the Employment Fund has sufficient funds to finance unemployment benefits.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded28 Nov 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Proposed statement
159 jaa8 ei - HE 100/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Sámi Parliament electoral criteria
The rules for admission to the Sámi Parliament's electoral roll will be reformed and the right of self-determination of the Sámi strengthened. The electoral roll will be recompiled on the basis of new criteria, and an independent appellate board will be established for appeals concerning the electoral roll.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded23 Jun 2025 · 7 votes150 jaa27 ei - HE 41/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising and streamlining environmental permits
Environmental permit and assessment procedures will be brought together under the new national Licensing and Supervisory Agency, allowing different permits to be processed at once in the same place. The reform will accelerate and streamline permitting for investments and extend the priority processing of green transition projects.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · 6 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
121 jaa62 ei - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded24 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 177/2024 vpPassed
Restricting school transport subsidy
Only students entitled to free upper secondary education will receive school transport subsidy. Other upper secondary students will no longer receive subsidy for their journeys to school.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded2 Dec 2024 · 2 votes118 jaa37 ei - HE 150/2026 vpIn progress
Clarifying guidance on municipal preparedness
The Ministry of Finance will be tasked with guiding and monitoring municipal preparedness for disruptions and crisis situations. In addition, the right of youth councils to submit initiatives will be enshrined directly in law, and the preparedness of municipal subsidiaries will be strengthened through group guidelines.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 105/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming anti-money laundering rules
Finnish legislation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing would be reformed to align with the European Union's new regulatory package. The reform would tighten reporting and customer due diligence obligations across several sectors and expand the powers of supervisory authorities.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 154/2025 vpPassed
Air transport agreement with Rwanda
Finland will introduce a new air transport agreement with Rwanda. The agreement will enable the development of flight connections and the air transport market between the two countries.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 308/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding Tiilikkajärvi national park
Tiilikkajärvi National Park will be expanded in the municipality of Rautavaara by approximately 2,441 hectares of state-owned land. National park conservation regulations will take effect in the area, improving nature conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded20 Feb 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Petri Huru
98 jaa61 ei - HE 196/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Updating minimum taxation for large groups
The legislation on minimum taxation for large groups will be updated in line with international guidelines. At the same time, large corporate groups will be given the opportunity to apply to the Finnish Tax Administration for an advance ruling, and a provision to prevent tax avoidance will be added to the act.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded13 Mar 2026 · 2 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
110 jaa55 ei - HE 179/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Protected periods for work-based residence permits
People living in Finland on a work-based residence permit will have a protected period of three or six months to find a new job if they become unemployed, before the permit can be cancelled. In addition, employers will be obliged to notify the authorities of the termination of employment, and workers will also be permitted to work in labour shortage sectors.
Jani Toivola: No vote recorded11 Apr 2025 · 3 votes95 jaa74 ei