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- HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.
Tiina Elo: No28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 93/2025 vpPassed
Lowering the reduced VAT rate
The value added tax (VAT) on food, restaurant services, medicines, public transport, and cultural and sports services will decrease from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent at the start of 2026. The tax cut may slightly reduce consumer prices for these goods and services.
Tiina Elo: No2 Dec 2025 · 6 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement
114 jaa53 ei - HE 44/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding small alcohol producers' retail sales
Small producers of alcohol will be permitted to sell all of their own products, such as spirits and grape wines, directly from the production site to customers for takeaway. The previous separate rules for farm wine and craft beer will be abolished and replaced with a single common rule.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 105/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans
Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.
Tiina Elo: No19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa53 ei - HE 179/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Protected periods for work-based residence permits
People living in Finland on a work-based residence permit will have a protected period of three or six months to find a new job if they become unemployed, before the permit can be cancelled. In addition, employers will be obliged to notify the authorities of the termination of employment, and workers will also be permitted to work in labour shortage sectors.
Tiina Elo: No11 Apr 2025 · 3 votes95 jaa74 ei - HE 315/2022 vpPassed
Finland's accession to NATO
Finland will join the NATO defence alliance and become part of its collective defence. Through accession, Finland will receive NATO's security guarantees and commit to assisting other member states in the event of an attack.
Tiina Elo: Yes2 Mar 2023 · 4 votes184 jaa7 ei - HE 51/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising tuition fees for non-EU students
Tuition fees for higher education students from outside the EU and EEA will have to cover the actual costs of education, and an application fee of 100 euros will be introduced for them. In addition, avoiding tuition fees by changing residence permit grounds will be prevented, and protection for students participating in commissioned education will be improved.
Tiina Elo: No15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes103 jaa45 ei - HE 85/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding local bargaining
Opportunities for local bargaining will be expanded so that companies that do not belong to employer associations can also make use of the flexibility provisions in generally applicable collective agreements. If there is no shop steward at the workplace, a local agreement can be concluded with an elected representative chosen by the employees.
Tiina Elo: No18 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa53 ei - HE 165/2025 vpPassed
Streamlining mineral exploration in mining areas
Companies operating in former mining areas will be able to obtain an exploration permit more smoothly to continue surveys without a waiting period of several years. At the same time, landowners will be ensured appropriate compensation for their survey areas.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded18 Feb 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming central government regional administration
Central government regional administration will be reformed by merging the Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and parts of the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a new nationwide Licensing and Supervisory Agency. At the same time, the current ELY Centres will be replaced by new vitality centres from 1 January 2026.
Tiina Elo: Yes19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes153 jaa32 ei - HE 55/2023 vpPassed
Retaining the 14-day care guarantee
The maximum waiting time for access to non-urgent primary healthcare medical treatment will be kept at 14 days. The previously planned seven-day care guarantee will be abandoned due to healthcare staff shortages.
Tiina Elo: No1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes118 jaa56 ei - HE 128/2024 vpPassed
Ending national pension payments abroad
In the future, the national pension will no longer be paid to people living abroad. Only persons residing in Finland will receive the pension going forward.
Tiina Elo: No13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - 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.
Tiina Elo: No13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - HE 236/2026 vpIn progress
Enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation
Official supervision and a penalty system will be created in Finland for compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation. The Finnish Food Authority will begin supervising trade in products covered by the regulation and will be able to impose penalty payments for breaches of the rules.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 84/2026 vpIn progress
Fisheries obligations for old hydropower plants
Old hydropower plants may in future be subject to fisheries obligations, such as constructing fishways or paying fisheries fees, even if their permits do not already include them. The aim of the amendment is to revive migratory fish stocks and promote aquatic biodiversity.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 191/2026 vpIn progress
Strengthening home buyer protection
In the sale of new homes, using a construction work observer will become mandatory and a new post-inspection procedure will be laid down for remedying construction defects. In addition, the financial security of home buyers will be improved by amending the security deposit system and regulating intermediate housing agreements between rental and owner-occupied housing.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 14/2026 vpIn progress
Preventing the release of dangerous prisoners
Preventive detention will be introduced in Finland, allowing the prison terms of the most dangerous prisoners to be extended after their sentence has ended. At the same time, access to parole for life prisoners will be tightened if the prisoner is assessed as still posing a danger to others.
Tiina Elo: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 167/2026 vpIn progress
Duty to report threats of violence
Health and social services personnel must notify the police, notwithstanding confidentiality provisions, if someone is in danger of being subjected to serious violence. In addition, an employer may file a criminal complaint regarding violence or threats made against an employee in work duties at the employee's request.
Tiina Elo: No13 Oct 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
93 jaa69 ei - HE 95/2025 vpPassed
Raising alcohol tax and indexation
Tax on wines and other fermented alcoholic beverages will rise at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, taxes on all alcoholic beverages will be permanently linked to inflation, with tax rates adjusted annually in line with price developments.
Tiina Elo: No20 Nov 2025 · 3 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
92 jaa69 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.
Tiina Elo: No2 Dec 2024 · 2 votes118 jaa37 ei