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- HE 78/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening financial steering of wellbeing services counties
The state will introduce an anticipatory financial steering procedure for wellbeing services counties whose financial management is at risk. At the same time, the threshold for initiating an assessment procedure for a wellbeing services county will be lowered, and the possibility of examining mergers of counties will be accelerated.
Pia Lohikoski: No18 Dec 2024 · 5 votes106 jaa90 ei - HE 120/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting municipal wage subsidies
Wage subsidies paid to municipalities will be restricted so that they are granted only for hiring persons with partial work ability or long-term unemployed persons aged 60 or over. At the same time, employment service and compulsory work duties during states of emergency under the Emergency Powers Act will be transferred to the new employment authorities.
Pia Lohikoski: No17 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa54 ei - HE 147/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Competitive tendering for offshore wind power
Clear rules and a competitive tendering model will be established for the construction of offshore wind power in Finland's exclusive economic zone. The Government will select suitable maritime areas, and the Energy Authority will tender the rights to exploit them to companies.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded16 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 160/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining commercialisation of recycled materials
Approval of waste and industrial side streams as recycled products will become easier and faster. Companies will be able to apply for product status for their material through a lighter official decision than before, without a burdensome environmental permit process.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded4 Mar 2026 · passed without a 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.
Pia Lohikoski: 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.
Pia Lohikoski: 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.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 126/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening housing allowance and asset limits
Asset limits and restrictions will be introduced for the general housing allowance and the housing allowance for pensioners, reducing or terminating support for households with assets. In addition, housing allowance will decrease in six cities due to a reduction in the maximum limits for housing costs.
Pia Lohikoski: No13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - HE 70/2024 vpPassed
Tightening funding for wellbeing services counties
The rules governing central government funding for wellbeing services counties will be amended by introducing a graduated deductible to the retrospective adjustment and by taking changes in the level of client fees into account in the funding in advance. The amendments aim to encourage wellbeing services counties to curb the growth of costs.
Pia Lohikoski: No13 Dec 2024 · 6 votes99 jaa70 ei - HE 196/2024 vpPassed
Accelerating permit procedures for critical raw materials
Raw material projects deemed strategic by the EU will be given priority in the processing of environmental and water permits and before the courts. In addition, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland will become a nationwide single point of contact that coordinates permit procedures and monitors their time limits.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 107/2024 vpPassed
Raising vehicle tax on electric cars
Vehicle tax on all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids will increase. The new tax rates will apply from the beginning of 2026.
Pia Lohikoski: No10 Dec 2024 · 4 votes162 jaa19 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.
Pia Lohikoski: 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.
Pia Lohikoski: 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.
Pia Lohikoski: 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.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 127/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering elderly care staffing ratio
The statutory minimum staffing ratio for 24-hour care for older people will decrease to 0.6 workers per client from the beginning of 2025. The previous plan to raise the staffing ratio to 0.7 workers is cancelled completely.
Pia Lohikoski: Absent28 Nov 2024 · 8 votes115 jaa50 ei - HE 113/2024 vpPassed
Cutting state funding for churches
The state will cut funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church by a total of 20 million euros from 2025 onwards. The saving will balance central government finances in a situation where the tax revenues of the churches are estimated to increase correspondingly due to other tax changes.
Pia Lohikoski: Absent28 Nov 2024 · 2 votes117 jaa40 ei - HE 195/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying environmental penal provisions
Penal provisions concerning fluorinated greenhouse gases, ozone-depleting substances and the reporting of industrial emissions data will be clarified in line with EU regulation. The acts will define more precisely the acts and omissions for which a fine may be imposed.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded25 Feb 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 137/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying ministry practices and regulatory evaluation
The status of the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Assessment will be established in law, and uniform ground rules will be created for internal duty assignments within ministries. At the same time, releasing the Government's own archive materials for scientific research will be clarified.
Pia Lohikoski: No vote recorded25 Feb 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 112/2024 vpPassed
Cutting vocational education and training funding
Funding for vocational education and training will be cut by 120 million euros from 2025 onwards, reducing study places for adults who already hold a qualification. At the same time, administrative obligations for upper secondary institutions will be eased, and an additional 10 million euros will be allocated to support for learning in general upper secondary schools.
Pia Lohikoski: No22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes96 jaa66 ei