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Krista MikkonenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 89/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming animal by-product use and supervision
The combustion of meat and bone meal for energy will become easier, and feeding food waste to wild animals will be prohibited to prevent animal disease risks. At the same time, burying animal by-products will be restricted and non-compliance with supervision will be tackled through new administrative penalty payments.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded5 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 286/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening control of invasive alien species
Raccoon dogs, American minks and certain other invasive alien species will be removed from the list of game animals to make trapping and destroying them easier than before. At the same time, the golden jackal, which may spread to Finland, will be added as a game species to manage its population.
Krista Mikkonen: Absent11 Apr 2019 · 5 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 41 a §, mietintö / Mats Nylund
104 jaa67 ei - HE 230/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening price regulation of consumer credit
Strict caps will be set on the interest rates and additional costs of consumer credit to curb debt problems. Under the reform, the interest rate on consumer credit may not exceed 30 per cent and other costs may not exceed 150 euros per year.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded11 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 78/2015 vpPassed
Raising morning and afternoon activity fees
The maximum client fees charged for school morning and afternoon activities would be increased. At the same time, municipalities' obligation to reduce or waive the fee for low-income families would be tightened.
Krista Mikkonen: Abstained17 Dec 2015 · 1 vote112 jaa70 ei - HE 169/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming fruit, vegetable and beekeeping aid
Support rules for the fruit and vegetable sector and beekeeping would be updated to align with the EU's new agricultural policy. At the same time, applying for market support for agricultural products would become mainly electronic.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded2 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 229/2022 vpPassed
Clarifying TUVA education funding rules
The funding rules for preparatory education for programmes leading to an upper secondary qualification (TUVA education) organised by basic education providers will be clarified. The funding will be adjusted annually based on actual student numbers.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 158/2022 vpPassed
Securing funding for education and culture
Central government transfers for upper secondary education, basic education in the arts, liberal adult education, and museums and the performing arts will exceptionally be calculated on the basis of 2019 data in 2023 and 2024. This will prevent the distorting impact of operational disruptions and exceptional costs during the coronavirus pandemic on the funding level.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 135/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Municipal reimbursement for Ukrainian integration services
The state will start paying compensation to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for integration services for people fleeing the war in Ukraine once they obtain a municipality of residence in Finland. At the same time, reception centre services will end within a reasonable time as the person transitions to municipal services.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 235/2022 vpPassed
Extra child benefit in December 2022
All recipients of child benefit will be paid double child benefit in December 2022. The extra child benefit will not reduce the social assistance received by the family.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded25 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 199/2022 vpPassed
Reforming investment protection with Vietnam
Finland will adopt the investment protection agreement between the European Union and Vietnam, which safeguards investments between the countries. The new agreement replaces the previous bilateral investment agreement between Finland and Vietnam.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2022 vpPassed
Extending municipal employment trials
The validity of the municipal trials on promoting employment will be extended until the end of 2024. Municipalities in the trial areas will continue providing employment services to their clients without interruptions before the permanent transfer of services to municipalities.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded1 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 231/2016 vpPassed
Transferring students to general housing allowance
Students living in Finland will be transferred from the separate housing supplement to the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum acceptable housing costs under the general housing allowance will be reduced and frozen to achieve savings.
Krista Mikkonen: Yes21 Dec 2016 · 9 votes118 jaa45 ei - HE 200/2018 vpPassed
Banning coal in energy production
The use of coal in electricity and heat production would be banned in Finland from May 2029. However, the ban would not apply to exceptional security of supply situations or electricity peak-load reserve plants.
Krista Mikkonen: Yes19 Mar 2019 · 4 votes170 jaa14 ei - HE 146/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Budget for 2021
The central government budget for 2021. Parliament voted in plenary on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before adopting the budget.
Krista Mikkonen: Absent22 Dec 2020 · 587 votes - HE 136/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding social lending nationwide
Social lending will become a mandatory service in all wellbeing services counties. Low-income and indebted people will be able to apply for social credit regardless of where they live.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded17 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Extending compulsory education to 18
Compulsory education will be extended until the age of 18, and upper secondary studies will become free of charge for students. At the same time, transitional education between basic education and upper secondary education will be merged into a new preparatory education programme.
Krista Mikkonen: Absent21 Dec 2020 · 14 votes31 jaa24 ei - HE 185/2022 vpPassed
Raising and expanding the waste tax
The tax on waste delivered to landfill will be increased, and the tax will be extended to cover gypsum waste from construction and demolition sites as well as green liquor dregs from the forest industry. The objective of the amendment is to reduce waste disposal and increase material recycling and recovery.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded16 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 156/2022 vpPassed
Raising student financial aid income limits
Students will be able to earn significantly more wage income than before without cuts to student financial aid or clawback of benefits. In addition, the deadline for the student loan compensation will become flexible if studies are delayed due to a state of war in the country of study.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 3/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Improving First North investor protection
Multilateral trading facilities, such as the First North trading venue, will be subject to the same takeover bid and flagging rules as the main stock exchange list. Investors will receive better protection in corporate takeovers and up-to-date information on significant changes in company ownership.
Krista Mikkonen: No vote recorded25 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 161/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Capping maximum housing allowance expenses
A separate ceiling will be introduced under the general housing allowance for housing costs in small dwellings and shared housing. In addition, the maximum housing costs covered by housing allowance will be linked to the cost-of-living index instead of the rent index, and index increases will be frozen for 2018.
Krista Mikkonen: No14 Dec 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa86 ei