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Mats LöfströmEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 148/2026 vpIn progress
Extending the instrumentalised migration act
Finland will extend the validity of the exceptional act that allows restricting the reception of asylum applications at the border where necessary to combat instrumentalised migration. The act will remain in force until the end of 2028 without substantive changes.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 130/2026 vpIn progress
Stricter and longer animal keeping bans
Bans on keeping animals imposed for animal welfare offences will be lengthened and their imposition will become the general rule also for basic offences. Violating a ban on keeping animals may result in imprisonment.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 122/2026 vpIn progress
Easing firearms regulations and storage requirements
Storage requirements for deactivated firearms and antique black powder firearms will be eased, meaning they will no longer need to be stored as strictly as operational firearms. In addition, reporting practices for firearms businesses will be clarified and provisions on the revocation of permits will be harmonised with the EU directive.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 143/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter detention and entry bans
The Aliens Act would be tightened to make removals from the country more effective and to improve security. Detention periods for persons staying illegally in the country will be extended and entry bans will be toughened.
Mats Löfström: Yes13 Mar 2025 · 4 votes113 jaa58 ei - HE 149/2026 vpIn progress
Streamlining defence export controls
Defence materiel exports will be streamlined by introducing a general export licence for temporary and non-commercial exports to trusted countries. At the same time, compliance and record-keeping obligations for companies exporting defence materiel and the supervisory powers of the authorities will be tightened.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 136/2026 vpIn progress
Enhancing maritime ship safety supervision
Legislation on the safety supervision of ships will be reformed to meet updated EU rules and international requirements. Authorities will receive clearer powers to inspect ships and new administrative means to address safety deficiencies.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 115/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming basic education in the arts
Basic education in the arts will move to a single national syllabus, and applicants under the age of 18 will be given priority in student admissions if there is competition for places. At the same time, the criteria for central government transfers for the provision of education and cooperation between educational institutions will be reformed.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 111/2026 vpIn progress
Adding war crimes to the ICC
Finland will approve the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, expanding the court's jurisdiction to investigate and try war crimes. The use of certain prohibited weapons and the starvation of civilians will also be included within the court's jurisdiction in internal conflicts.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 71/2026 vpIn progress
Safety investigations into severe cyber incidents
The Safety Investigation Authority will be granted powers to investigate extremely severe cybersecurity incidents that threaten the functioning of society. At the same time, the Safety Investigation Act will be updated to meet the requirements of the European Union Marine Accident Investigation Directive.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded8 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 26/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Preventing lane-switching for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers who receive a negative decision will no longer be able to apply from within Finland for a residence permit on the grounds of work or studies; instead, they must leave the country and apply for the permit from abroad. At the same time, grounds for refusing a residence permit will be tightened, and identity verification with a national passport will be required.
Mats Löfström: Yes2 Jul 2024 · 3 votes99 jaa79 ei - HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations
The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.
Mats Löfström: Yes19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes97 jaa68 ei - HE 122/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting access to disability services
The scope of application of the Act on Disability Services is specified so that special services will be granted only if basic social services are insufficient and the need for assistance differs from what is typical for the person's stage of life. Whether a service is free of charge will no longer affect the act under which assistance is granted.
Mats Löfström: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 6 votes130 jaa67 ei - HE 64/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening rules on first-time imprisonment
An offender who has previously served a prison sentence will no longer be eligible for release on parole under first-time offender terms, even if several years have passed since the previous conviction. An offender can be considered a first-time prisoner only once.
Mats Löfström: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote112 jaa53 ei - HE 103/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Limiting municipal waste management responsibility
Statutory municipal waste management responsibility will be limited to ordinary homes and holiday homes, leaving care homes and other housing units for health and social services to manage their waste themselves. At the same time, Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency) will be tasked with supervising compliance with EU battery requirements.
Mats Löfström: Yes17 Dec 2024 · 4 votes114 jaa56 ei - HE 36/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cheaper private doctors for over-65s
People aged 65 and over will be able to see a private general practitioner for the price of a public health centre client fee, and half the cost of examinations prescribed during the visit will be reimbursed. The amendment aims to speed up access to care for older people and reduce the burden on public primary healthcare.
Mats Löfström: Yes19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes100 jaa84 ei - HE 156/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming right-of-occupancy restrictions and selection
Loss-making and underutilised right-of-occupancy buildings could be relinquished, allowing residents to buy their dwelling or remain as tenants. Paid queue numbers for housing applications would be abolished in favour of allocating homes in order of receipt of applications.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded15 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 49/2026 vpIn progress
Digitising Kela's access to bank details
Kela will be able to check the banking and account information needed for processing benefit applications directly from financial institutions via an electronic system. However, applicants will have the right to refuse the electronic query of account transactions and submit bank statements themselves.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded15 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 134/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending the care guarantee for adults
Waiting times for adults to access non-urgent primary healthcare and dental care will be extended. The existing shorter waiting times will remain in place for children and young people under 23 years of age.
Mats Löfström: Yes13 Dec 2024 · 5 votes109 jaa56 ei - HE 73/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening unemployment benefit conditions
The work requirement needed to qualify for unemployment allowance will be extended by six months and will begin to accrue based on paid wage income rather than hours worked. In addition, the child increases to unemployment benefits and the exempt amount for part-time work income will be abolished, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be extended, and holiday compensation will postpone the start of the benefit.
Mats Löfström: Yes20 Dec 2023 · 9 votes99 jaa47 ei - HE 177/2024 vpPassed
Restricting school transport subsidy
Only students entitled to free upper secondary education will receive school transport subsidy. Other upper secondary students will no longer receive subsidy for their journeys to school.
Mats Löfström: Yes2 Dec 2024 · 2 votes118 jaa37 ei