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Mika RaatikainenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 100/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing statutory bakery night-work supplements
The separate Bakery Work Act for the bakery sector will be repealed in March 2025. This removes bakery workers' statutory 100 per cent night-work supplement, and compensation for night work will be agreed in collective agreements as in other sectors.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded20 Feb 2025 · 1 vote115 jaa57 ei - HE 166/2025 vpPassed
Adding nicotine pouches to producer responsibility
Manufacturers and importers of nicotine pouches will be obligated to compensate municipalities for the cleanup and waste management of litter caused by their products. At the same time, compensation paid to municipalities by producers of single-use plastics and nicotine pouches will be changed to be based mainly on a fixed annual per-capita fee.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 146/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining integration operations and data exchange
Information flow and responsibilities between authorities providing integration services will be clarified. At the same time, it will be ensured that municipalities continue to receive central government compensation for supporting schooling for children with an immigrant background.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded9 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 21/2025 vpPassed
Enabling management hunting of large carnivores
The Hunting Act will be amended so that population management hunting of bears, wolves and lynxes can once again be permitted in Finland. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be able to define regional objectives for derogation permits and reference values for favourable conservation status by decree.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded22 May 2025 · 9 votes131 jaa20 ei - HE 51/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising tuition fees for non-EU students
Tuition fees for higher education students from outside the EU and EEA will have to cover the actual costs of education, and an application fee of 100 euros will be introduced for them. In addition, avoiding tuition fees by changing residence permit grounds will be prevented, and protection for students participating in commissioned education will be improved.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes103 jaa45 ei - HE 73/2025 vpPassed
Changing early childhood education and care fee index
The price index used in the regular adjustment of client fees in early childhood education and care will be replaced with another index. The change will reduce the workload of Statistics Finland without any significant impact on fees paid by families.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 214/2026 vpIn progress
Introducing forest regeneration notifications
Forest owners will be obliged to submit a notification of forest regeneration work or the preconditions for regeneration after felling. Failure to submit the notification will become an offence punishable by a fine.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 181/2025 vpPassed
Allowing diplomats' family members to work
Family members of Finnish and Uruguayan diplomats and mission staff will be entitled to engage in gainful employment in their host state. Employment will be possible without family members having to waive their diplomatic status.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 57/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding and tightening cybersecurity requirements
Companies and authorities vital to the functioning of society will face stricter obligations to protect themselves against cyber threats and report information security incidents. The reform will improve the resilience of critical services and strengthen cybersecurity across the country.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded25 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 67/2025 vpPassed
Expanding the range of biofuel feedstocks
The range of raw materials approved for the production of transport biofuels and biogas will be expanded in line with EU regulation. Fuel distributors will be able to use new raw materials, such as industrial side streams and certain crops, to meet their distribution obligation.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded10 Oct 2025 · 2 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
123 jaa16 ei - HE 49/2025 vpPassed
Loan guarantees for fisheries enterprises
Enterprises in the fishing and aquaculture sectors will begin to be granted loan guarantees from an EU fund. The support will make it easier especially for start-up entrepreneurs to obtain loans for investments and working capital.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 147/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Competitive tendering for offshore wind power
Clear rules and a competitive tendering model will be established for the construction of offshore wind power in Finland's exclusive economic zone. The Government will select suitable maritime areas, and the Energy Authority will tender the rights to exploit them to companies.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded16 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 171/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Removing driving licence examinations from health centres
Health centres will no longer carry out medical examinations or issue certificates for driving licences. A medical report on driving ability will as a rule have to be obtained from a private medical clinic at one's own expense.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded19 Mar 2025 · 2 votes111 jaa54 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.
Mika Raatikainen: 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.
Mika Raatikainen: 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.
Mika Raatikainen: No vote recorded25 Jun 2025 · 5 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion 4
106 jaa51 ei