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Sandra BergqvistEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 89/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Simplified court procedure for small tenancy disputes
A simplified court procedure for residential tenancy disputes and evictions will be established in the district courts. The reform lowers the threshold for bringing and contesting a claim by capping the losing party's liability for legal costs.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded17 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Kela's administration and operations
Kela decisions will be issued electronically to customers using its online service, and the National Audit Office of Finland will be granted the right to audit Kela's operations. In addition, Kela will be able to transfer auxiliary duties such as document sorting and mailing to private operators.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded21 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2025 vpPassed
Merging student and social security appeals
The Student Financial Aid Appeal Board will be abolished and appeals concerning student financial aid benefits transferred to the Social Security Appeal Board. At the same time, the procedure for the annulment of decisions on unemployment security will be streamlined, and the provisions on leaving disability pensions in abeyance will be extended.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Index freezes and child benefit increases
Annual index increases to several social security benefits will not be made in 2024–2027. At the same time, child benefit will be increased for families with multiple children, single parents, and children under three years of age.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes19 Dec 2023 · 4 votes119 jaa58 ei - HE 152/2026 vpIn progress
Electronic voting register for church elections
An electronic voting register will replace paper voting lists in parish elections and vicar elections. The change will speed up the conduct of elections, reduce errors and make advance voting smoother.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 54/2025 vpPassed
Early childhood education and care vouchers
Service vouchers for early childhood education and care will be regulated under a dedicated act instead of health and social services regulation. The use of service vouchers will remain voluntary for municipalities and an option for families to choose a private early childhood education and care place.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 151/2025 vpPassed
Customs supervision of biocide imports
Finnish Customs will be granted the right to inspect and stop non-compliant biocidal products ordered by private individuals from other EU countries immediately upon entry. The change applies, for example, to mosquito repellents, rodent poisons, and products treated with biocides ordered from online stores.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded10 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 195/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding and increasing Kela reimbursements
Patients will be able to receive Kela reimbursement for private dental hygienist and physiotherapist appointments without a doctor's referral. In addition, the Kela reimbursement paid for visits to specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics will be increased.
Sandra Bergqvist: Absent27 Mar 2025 · 14 votes145 jaa9 ei - HE 58/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reducing mail delivery and newspaper subsidy
Basic mail delivery and collection will change from five to three days a week across the country. At the same time, state aid will be introduced to safeguard newspaper delivery in sparsely populated areas.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded26 Jan 2023 · 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Absent19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes153 jaa32 ei - HE 79/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Postponing the start of sustainability reporting
The obligation for large companies to start statutory sustainability reporting will be postponed by two years. The first reports will only have to be prepared for the financial year 2027, but companies may report earlier voluntarily if they wish.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded6 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes18 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes17 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa54 ei - HE 139/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming fund operations and supervision
New liquidity management tools will be introduced for mutual funds and alternative investment funds, and rules on granting loans will be clarified. At the same time, reporting obligations for fund management companies and fund managers, as well as the supervision of outsourcing, will be harmonised with EU regulation.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 133/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Digital education and career planning service
A new national digital service, Osaamispolku, will be established in Finland to support citizens in their education and career choices and in developing their competence. The service will bring together education and labour market data and offer AI-based suggestions according to the user's interests and skills.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits
Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 65/2025 vpPassed
Continued use of eastern rolling stock
Rolling stock complying with eastern standards could be used in domestic timber and chemical transport until the end of 2028. At the same time, safety supervision of new tramway and metro projects would be increased as early as the design phase.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes28 Nov 2024 · 8 votes115 jaa50 ei - HE 221/2026 vpIn progress
Writing peatland protection rules into law
The protection rules for 71 state-owned peatland reserves will be updated and transferred from a decree directly into law. The conservation provisions and rights of use in the areas, such as hunting, fishing, and reindeer husbandry, will remain largely unchanged.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 213/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming compulsory education admissions
Young people will be able to complete compulsory education temporarily at a youth workshop if a study place is not found immediately. In addition, young people in compulsory education will be given priority in upper secondary student admissions in the joint application system.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet