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Veera RuohoEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 97/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming taxation and tax collection procedures
Tax assessment and tax collection practices would be harmonised, and tax assessments could end at different times for individual taxpayers. This would speed up the payment of tax refunds and the processing of back taxes.
Veera Ruoho: Yes22 Dec 2017 · 11 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Harakka, 7
108 jaa87 ei - HE 182/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting municipal outsourcing and investments
The opportunities for municipalities and joint municipal authorities to make major construction investments in health and social services and long-term service outsourcings will be restricted more strictly than before. The period of validity of the restrictions and of municipal health and social services cooperation obligations will be extended by one year due to delays in the health and social services reform.
Veera Ruoho: Yes21 Dec 2017 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Savio
100 jaa88 ei - HE 157/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Regulation and licensing of space activities
Legislation on space activities will be established in Finland and a national register for space objects will be created. Prior authorisation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will have to be sought for launching satellites and for other space activities.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 155/2017 vpPassed
Extending tax rules for life-cycle projects
Tax and accrual rules for projects carried out under the life-cycle model will expand from state road projects to municipal and corporate construction projects, such as schools and hospitals. Under the amendment, project income, expenses and value added tax (VAT) will be accrued evenly across the entire contract period based on the use of the property.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 154/2017 vpPassed
Tax authority access to money laundering data
The Finnish Tax Administration will gain the right to inspect customer identification and beneficial ownership data of entities covered by anti-money laundering legislation. In addition, the Finnish Tax Administration will be able to report deficiencies it identifies directly to the Financial Supervisory Authority and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 152/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining tax accounting and data exchange
The procedure for tax remittances to municipalities and other tax recipients will be accelerated by moving to monthly adjustment remittances and abolishing remittance interest. The Finnish Tax Administration will receive pension and benefit data directly from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution), making it easier to determine the correct tax rate.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 150/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Deferring garnishment for debtors finding work
A debtor subject to enforcement who has been unemployed for a long time will be granted the right to defer the garnishment of their wages upon entering employment. The change encourages taking up work and leaves more income at the person's own disposal at the start of employment.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 134/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing a national incomes register
An electronic incomes register will be established in Finland, to which employers and other payers will report paid wages and earned income centrally. The new system will replace the annual returns and wage notifications previously submitted separately to various authorities.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying Border Guard crime prevention
Provisions on crime prevention by the Finnish Border Guard will be consolidated into a new, separate act. At the same time, the Finnish Border Guard will receive new powers to monitor maritime and road traffic offences and to investigate certain aggravated offences.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 183/2017 vpPassed
Centralising machinery engine supervision at Trafi
Type-approval of internal combustion engines for machinery and market surveillance of their emissions will be centralised under the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi). At the same time, breaching engine emission requirements and tampering with emission measurements will be made punishable.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded20 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 114/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Optional second national language experiment
A fixed-term experiment will be organised in comprehensive schools, allowing pupils to study a foreign language instead of the second national language. Participation in the experiment will be voluntary for both education providers and pupils.
Veera Ruoho: Yes20 Dec 2017 · 4 votes113 jaa68 ei - HE 181/2017 vpPassed
Postponing the police data deletion timetable
The transitional period for deleting data from police information systems will be extended by two years. The changes must be implemented in the systems by 1 January 2020 due to delays in the information system reform.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 171/2017 vpPassed
Improving accident compensation for former entrepreneurs
Previous entrepreneurial income of a former entrepreneur who has moved to paid employment will be taken into account when calculating occupational accident compensation. This will prevent compensation from remaining unreasonably small in accidents that occur at the start of a new employment relationship.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 170/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Opening forest resource data to everyone
Public forest resource data collected by the Finnish Forest Centre will be made freely available to everyone without any requirement to justify data requests. Landowners' personal and contact details will nevertheless remain protected.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 158/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Merging Tekes and Finpro into Business Finland
The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation Tekes and Finpro Oy will be merged into the Business Finland entity at the beginning of 2018. Businesses will receive research, development, internationalisation and funding services centrally from a single operator.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 141/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Improving entrepreneur benefits and minimum allowances
The waiting period for sickness allowance for entrepreneurs insured under the Self-Employed Persons' Pensions Act (YEL) will be shortened to one day, and the level of minimum daily allowances under health insurance will be increased. In addition, both parents will be able to receive special care allowance simultaneously during terminal care of a child.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 129/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining startup and specialist residence permits
A dedicated residence permit will be created for startup companies to be established in Finland, and the first residence permit for specialists will be extended to two years. Renewing residence permits will become easier, as it will no longer be necessary to give fingerprints again for an extended permit.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 113/2025 vpIn progress
Expanding care technology in social services
Technological solutions and technical surveillance will be introduced more widely across social welfare services to support client care and safety. The use of technology may also be taken into account when calculating staffing ratios for round-the-clock care for older people.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded26 May 2026 · no votes yet - HE 48/2025 vpIn progress
Converting foreign death penalties into imprisonment
Finnish authorities will receive the competence to convert a death penalty imposed abroad into a prison sentence to be served in Finland. The amendment would enable the transfer and enforcement of sentences in Finland where the sentenced person is a Finnish citizen or resides in Finland.
Veera Ruoho: No vote recorded26 May 2026 · no votes yet - HE 163/2017 vpPassed
Increasing the single-parent child benefit supplement
The single-parent supplement to child benefit will rise by 4.75 euros per child per month from the beginning of 2018. The increase will improve the livelihood and financial position of single-parent families.
Veera Ruoho: Yes14 Dec 2017 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 1, mietintö / Pekonen
94 jaa85 ei