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Elina ValtonenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 241/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Finnish Border Guard personal data reform
Legislation on personal data in the Finnish Border Guard will be reformed to meet European Union data protection requirements. Regulation will be based on data purposes rather than separate registers, and data controller duties will be centralised at the Headquarters of the Finnish Border Guard.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded3 May 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 231/2020 vpPassed
Extending temporary exceptions to unemployment security
The validity of temporary rules and flexibilities introduced in unemployment security due to the coronavirus pandemic will be extended until the end of March 2021. Unemployed persons can continue to earn more than before without additional income cutting their unemployment benefit, and benefit payments will be streamlined.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded8 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 169/2020 vpPassed
Exempting nature reserves from property tax
Private nature reserves will be exempt from property tax. The reform aims to encourage landowners to protect nature without a tax burden.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded8 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying road traffic and vehicle rules
The new Road Traffic Act and related acts are corrected and supplemented before their entry into force in June 2020. Provisions on, among other things, long vehicle combinations, heavy snowmobiles and special transports are added to the act.
Elina Valtonen: Absent7 Dec 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Timo Heinonen
31 jaa28 ei - HE 172/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Penalties for illicit movement of cultural goods
Finnish Customs will be granted the right to impose a penalty fee for bringing or moving cultural goods into the customs territory of the EU if the goods were exported unlawfully from their country of origin. The fee may also be imposed in situations where the goods are merely transported through Finland or held in a customs warehouse.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 216/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the seventh 2020 supplementary budget
Supplementary proposal to the seventh supplementary budget for 2020 (HE 192/2020 vp), detailing the Government's adjustments to budget amendments for the current year. It is considered together with the main supplementary budget proposal.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 170/2020 vpPassed
Temporarily reducing the lottery tax
The lottery tax paid by gambling operators will be temporarily reduced for 2021. The change safeguards grants distributed from Veikkaus proceeds to organisations and other beneficiaries.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 143/2020 vpPassed
Raising the VAT liability threshold
The threshold for small businesses' value added tax (VAT) liability will rise from 10,000 euros to 15,000 euros. More small operators than before will not need to register for VAT or pay VAT.
Elina Valtonen: Abstained27 Nov 2020 · 2 votesClosest vote · 149 a §, mietintö / Sari Essayah
32 jaa17 ei - HE 297/2018 vpLapsed
Abolishing Kela reimbursements for private care
Kela reimbursements for private doctors, dental care and patient transport will be abolished. The corresponding public funding will be transferred to the future regions as part of the health and social services reform.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 52/2017 vpLapsed
Standardising health and social service registration
Public and private health and social service providers will be subject to common operating rules and a registration procedure. All operators will have to register in a national register before starting operations.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 44/2017 vpLapsed
Safeguarding Sámi language rights
The Sámi Language Act will be amended so that the linguistic and cultural rights of the Sámi are preserved in connection with the health and social services and regional government reform. At the same time, the reference to the definition of a Sámi in the Act on the Sámi Parliament will be removed from the act so that the right to conduct business in Sámi does not depend on an official register definition.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 207/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Additional government transfers for coronavirus costs
Municipalities will receive 750 million euros in one-off additional funding from the state in 2020 to cover costs caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The money will specifically reimburse coronavirus testing, contact tracing and mask purchases.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded25 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2020 vpPassed
Extending the halving of fairway dues
Maritime fairway dues will be collected at half rate also throughout 2021. The measure supports maritime transport and foreign trade amid the economic difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Elina Valtonen: Absent25 Nov 2020 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Kaunisto
33 jaa25 ei - HE 19/2020 vpPassed
Raising the Åland equalisation rate
The central government funding share received by the Åland region, known as the basis for equalisation, will be increased. The change will increase the annual central government funding paid to the region.
Elina Valtonen: Absent20 Nov 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1 §, mietintö / Olli Immonen
46 jaa8 ei - HE 156/2020 vpPassed
Raising unemployment insurance contributions for 2021
Unemployment insurance contributions for 2021 will be raised for both employees and employers to secure the financing of unemployment security. At the same time, the inclusion of various bonuses and work-based dividends in the earnings subject to contributions will be clarified.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded19 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 296/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming daily allowance income bases
Kela's sickness and parental allowances as well as rehabilitation allowance will be determined on the basis of the applicant's recent annual income instead of outdated taxation data. The information will be obtained directly from the incomes register, so applicants and employers do not need to submit separate income statements.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 202/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Civilian intelligence powers for Supo
Legislation on civilian intelligence will be created in Finland, granting the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) powers to gather information on activities threatening national security both domestically and abroad. At the same time, criminal pre-trial investigation powers will be removed from Supo, and independent oversight of legality will be created for its activities.
Elina Valtonen: Yes8 Apr 2019 · 3 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 19 §, mietintö / Markus Mustajärvi
168 jaa10 ei - HE 69/2018 vpPassed
Expanding nurses' prescribing rights
Nurses who have completed supplementary training will be able to prescribe medicines on a limited basis also in home care, specialised medical care and publicly outsourced services. The change will speed up patients' access to care and free up doctors' working time for more demanding tasks.
Elina Valtonen: Yes25 Mar 2019 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 23 b §, mietintö / Kristiina Salonen
106 jaa65 ei - HE 104/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Billing water by actual consumption
Water in new and pipe-renovated apartments will be billed based on actual apartment-specific consumption. At the same time, new water and district heating meters will be required to be remotely readable.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded5 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Freezing and confiscation of criminal proceeds
Decisions on the freezing and confiscation of assets obtained through crime will be enforced more directly and uniformly across EU countries. At the same time, crime victims' opportunities to obtain confiscated property or compensation from assets located in another EU country will be improved.
Elina Valtonen: No vote recorded4 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote