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Kari TolvanenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 139/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming building permits and climate requirements
A new Building Act will be enacted in Finland, merging building permits and action permits into a single building permit and exempting small outbuildings from permit requirements. At the same time, new low-carbon requirements will be set for construction and the permit system will become digital.
Kari Tolvanen: No24 Mar 2023 · 1 vote102 jaa76 ei - HE 177/2022 vpPassed
Mandatory equality plans for early childhood education
Day-care centres will be required to regularly draw up an equality plan to promote gender equality. The systematic work aims to dismantle gender roles and prevent discrimination already in early childhood.
Kari Tolvanen: Yes21 Nov 2022 · 1 vote113 jaa34 ei - HE 108/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming church administration and decision-making
The legislation governing the Evangelical Lutheran Church will be reformed and the church's internal administration will be streamlined. The independent decision-making powers of parishes will be increased and the maintenance of membership registers will be transferred to regional central registers.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded17 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 43/2023 vpPassed
Correcting errors in county funding
Calculation errors identified in central government funding for wellbeing services counties can be corrected more flexibly than before. Exceptional items will be removed from municipalities' past financial statements so that the funding received by the counties corresponds to actual costs.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded17 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 106/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming regulation of fire safety devices
Rules on the installation, servicing and inspection of fire detectors, automatic fire extinguishing systems and portable fire extinguishers will be reformed and consolidated into a new act. At the same time, the administrative burden on companies installing and servicing the equipment will be reduced.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded22 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 186/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving animal welfare and protection
The new Animal Welfare Act will replace the old Animal Protection Act and tighten requirements for the keeping, care and treatment of animals. The provisions will improve animals' opportunities to carry out natural species-specific behaviour and reduce the pain and suffering caused to them.
Kari Tolvanen: No8 Mar 2023 · 12 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa 5 (moniste)
104 jaa80 ei - HE 20/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming maritime safety and reporting rules
Vessels will be required to report containers lost at sea, and fire safety requirements for ships will be improved. In addition, the processing of fairway dues will be streamlined by permitting automated decision-making for certain claims for revised assessment.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded9 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 90/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Confirming legal status of NATO forces
Finland will implement the agreements on the legal status of NATO forces and military headquarters. They establish rules for allied troops visiting Finland and for Finnish soldiers deployed abroad.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded20 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 160/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding study attainment registration
Attainment data for training funded by the Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment and for basic education in the arts can be recorded in national registers. This will make previously acquired competence more easily visible in further studies and working life.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded3 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 155/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising corporate data in EU portal
Finnish companies and financial sector entities will be required to submit their financial and sustainability information to national collection bodies, which will forward it to an EU-wide single access point. The change will improve free access to and the comparability of company data for investors across Europe.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 28/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reform of the book-entry system
Legislation on central securities depositories and the book-entry system is reformed to align with EU regulation. Finnish companies will also be able to issue their shares in foreign central securities depositories, but the direct ownership model and the public availability of ownership details for domestic investors are maintained.
Kari Tolvanen: Absent31 May 2017 · 6 votes94 jaa62 ei - HE 5/2023 vpPassed
Expanding access to communicable disease registers
Healthcare personnel involved in the prevention and control of communicable diseases would be granted the right to access the communicable disease registers of THL (the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) directly via remote access. The amendment will speed up contact tracing and streamline epidemic control work.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded28 Jun 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 98/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying minimum taxation for large groups
Calculation and procedural rules concerning the minimum taxation of large groups will be specified. The amendments will align Finnish legislation with international guidance and tax models.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded9 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 98/2023 vpPassed
Protecting defence inventions and technical data
Finland will implement NATO agreements that safeguard the secrecy of defence-related inventions and the protection of technical information between member states. The agreements will make it possible to file secret patent applications and facilitate the exchange of confidential technological information among allies.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded1 Mar 2024 · 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.
Kari Tolvanen: No7 Feb 2023 · 11 votes113 jaa69 ei - HE 186/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering broadcasting tax and raising VAT
The public broadcasting tax paid by individuals would be reduced by raising the lower limit of taxable income and lowering the maximum amount of the tax. At the same time, the VAT rate on public broadcasting would rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded29 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 69/2024 vpPassed
Criminalising female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation and its preparation will be made specific punishable offences in the Criminal Code, and taking a person abroad to be subjected to mutilation will also be criminalised. At the same time, the right to bring charges for completed manslaughter will no longer be subject to a statute of limitations, and the specific provision on infanticide will be repealed.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 30/2022 vpPassed
More flexible pension funding and competition
Earnings-related pension companies will be able to price the administrative cost component of insurance contributions individually according to their own actual costs. In addition, the rules on accumulating pension funds will be made more flexible in exceptionally weak investment market situations.
Kari Tolvanen: Yes17 May 2022 · 1 vote116 jaa34 ei - HE 154/2024 vpPassed
Introducing consolidated central government accounts
Consolidated financial statements bringing together the state budget, off-budget funds and unincorporated state enterprises will begin to be prepared alongside the final central government accounts. This will provide a more comprehensive and clearer overall picture of the income, expenditure and assets of central government as a whole.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2024 vpPassed
Harmonising Defence Forces retirement ages
Rules on the retirement ages of Finnish Defence Forces personnel will be clarified by repealing an old exception. The change will ensure that increases to the retirement age apply equally across all personnel and that no one's service ends before their pension entitlement begins.
Kari Tolvanen: No vote recorded20 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote