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Elina Valtonen

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  1. 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.

    Elina Valtonen: No
    8 Mar 2023 · 12 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa 5 (moniste)

    104 jaa
    80 ei
  2. HE 230/2021 vpPassed

    COVID-19 vaccine requirement in healthcare

    Health and social services workers will be required to have COVID-19 vaccination or protection conferred by prior illness if they work in close contact with clients or patients belonging to risk groups. Employers may check employees' health data and, if necessary, suspend the payment of wages if an employee does not have the required protection and no other work is available.

    Elina Valtonen: Absent
    29 Dec 2021 · 4 votes
    107 jaa
    32 ei
  3. 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.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    28 Jun 2023 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 48/2024 vpPassed

    Easier apartment repossession for housing companies

    A housing company will be able to take possession of a share apartment more easily than at present if the owner resides outside the European Economic Area and cannot be reached. Warnings, decisions, and eviction summonses can be served via the Official Gazette and by delivering notice to the apartment.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 44/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing radio must-carry obligations

    Cable operators and housing companies will no longer need to distribute Yle radio channels in their cable networks. The change will free up network capacity for faster and higher-quality broadband connections.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 324/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Electricity compensation and extended payment periods

    Households affected by high electricity bills will receive state-supported electricity compensation directly on their electricity bills. In addition, households and businesses can request extended payment periods for their electricity bills for the winter months.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    1 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 300/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming patient and social services ombudspersons

    The titles of patient and social ombudsmen will change to ombudspersons, and the organisation of services will be centralised mainly in the wellbeing services counties, including for private healthcare. At the same time, a master's degree qualification requirement will be set for patient ombudspersons and the independence of the services will be strengthened.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    28 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 64/2026 vpIn progress

    More flexible working on disability pension

    People on a disability pension will be able to work more flexibly without fear of losing their entire pension. Earned income exceeding the monthly exempt amount and the annual flexibility allowance would reduce the pension only by the excess amount.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    24 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  9. HE 62/2024 vpPassed

    Reasonable late fees for housing registration

    Late fees charged for delays in registering ownership of housing company shares will be adjusted to a reasonable level. Fees will no longer accumulate on a compound interest basis, preventing penalties from escalating to unreasonable amounts.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 83/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming municipal veterinary services

    Municipalities will be given a clear obligation to provide basic veterinary services and round-the-clock on-call duty throughout the country. At the same time, the possibilities for municipalities to charge fees for veterinary clinic services will be expanded.

    Elina Valtonen: No
    10 Feb 2023 · 1 vote
    87 jaa
    67 ei
  11. HE 62/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Phasing out the pension pipeline

    Additional days of unemployment security for older workers, the so-called pension pipeline, will be phased out gradually. At the same time, a new transition security package consisting of financial compensation and training will be created for persons aged 55 and over who are made redundant on financial or production-related grounds.

    Elina Valtonen: Yes
    1 Jul 2022 · 2 votes
    117 jaa
    35 ei
  12. HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Tax reform for equity savings accounts

    A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.

    Elina Valtonen: Yes
    9 May 2019 · 15 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4

    96 jaa
    77 ei
  13. HE 16/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending Kanta service transition periods

    Health and social services providers will be given additional time to implement the new obligations of Kanta services. At the same time, the transfer of patient data between treatment facilities will be clarified and hospital social workers' right of access to information from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution) will be improved.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    23 May 2024 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 49/2022 vpPassed

    Enabling EU Asylum Agency assistance

    Finland will be able to request and receive expert assistance from the European Union Agency for Asylum, for example in situations of large-scale entry. The agency's experts will be able to assist Finnish authorities in registering asylum seekers and examining applications.

    Elina Valtonen: Yes
    21 Jun 2022 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    39 ei
  15. HE 100/2021 vpPassed

    Earlier bank resolution fund mutualisation

    Finland would approve an amendment to the agreement concerning the EU banking union's resolution fund. The amendment would accelerate the mutualisation of banks' extraordinary ex-post contributions and strengthen the resolution fund's backstop facility.

    Elina Valtonen: Yes
    12 Nov 2021 · 2 votes
    125 jaa
    43 ei
  16. HE 110/2026 vpIn progress

    Streamlining health research and data use

    Conducting medical research and identifying patients for studies will be made easier by clarifying the use of health and social services data. At the same time, rules on biobank operations, the research use of deceased persons, and the procedures of research ethics committees will be specified.

    Elina Valtonen: Yes
    23 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI

    82 jaa
    72 ei
  17. HE 19/2024 vpPassed

    Updating references for healthcare VAT exemption

    Statutory references concerning the value added tax exemption for health and medical care services are updated to align with the new supervision legislation. The tax exemption for services remains unchanged both in mainland Finland and in Åland.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    17 May 2024 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 2/2023 vpPassed

    VAT exemption for NATO forces' purchases

    Purchases of goods and services as well as imports by the armed forces of other NATO countries participating in common defence activities in Finland will be exempt from value added tax (VAT). The exemption will be implemented under the same principles as in defence cooperation between EU member states.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    17 May 2023 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 121/2025 vpIn progress

    Using biometric data in crime prevention

    The police and other security authorities will be permitted to use fingerprints and facial images from passports, identity cards and immigration registers to prevent and investigate serious crimes. The data may also be used to avert significant danger and to protect national security.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  20. HE 170/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming community development and land policy

    Municipalities will be required to draw up a public land policy programme, and the uncompensated transfer of street areas to municipalities will be abolished entirely. In addition, designating development areas will become more flexible, and rules on cost liabilities for land use will be clarified.

    Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded
    2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet