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Sandra BergqvistEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes17 Dec 2024 · 4 votes114 jaa56 ei - 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.
Sandra Bergqvist: Absent2 Jul 2024 · 3 votes99 jaa79 ei - HE 144/2025 vpPassed with amendments
EU registration of small business aid
Public bodies will be required to report all de minimis aid granted to businesses to an EU-level central register. The reform will ensure the monitoring of company-specific aid ceilings and increase the transparency of aid.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 120/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening consumer protection in credit and e-commerce
The Consumer Protection Act will be tightened by bringing interest-free and fee-free credit under regulation as well and by making it easier to withdraw from online contracts. If a creditor neglects the obligation to assess an applicant's ability to pay, the consumer will not have to pay interest or fees on the loan.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 144/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Increasing vehicle tax on motorhomes
The motive power tax component of vehicle tax on motorhomes will be raised to the same level as for other passenger cars. An upper limit of 7,500 kilograms will, however, be set for the vehicle weight taken into account for tax purposes.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes11 Dec 2024 · 1 voteOnly vote · 11 § , mietintö / Joona Räsänen
141 jaa41 ei - HE 213/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming consumer product and service safety
Regulation on the safety of consumer products and consumer services will be reformed and separated into distinct acts. The reform will implement the EU General Product Safety Regulation and update the safety requirements for consumer services.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 12/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter regulation of electric scooters
A blood alcohol limit of 0.5 per mille will be introduced for electric scooters and similar motorised micromobility devices, and commercial hire of them will require a municipal permit. The police will have the right to breathalyse riders, and municipalities will be able to restrict the speed, number and parking of rental scooters.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded30 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 101/2026 vpIn progress
Salmonella compensation fund for pig farms
A salmonella compensation fund for the pig sector will be established in Finland to compensate farms for decontamination costs and financial losses caused by the disease. The fund will be financed mainly through annual fees collected from pig farmers and initial capital provided by the state.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 148/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Offshore wind tenders for group companies
Multiple companies from the same corporate group will be able to take part in competitive tenders for wind power in Finnish marine areas. The earlier restriction will be removed so that the regulations comply with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded2 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementary budget for 2025
The supplementary budget for 2025, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes24 Mar 2025 · 3 votes - HE 182/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of child welfare
The current legislation will be replaced by a new act that shifts the focus of support for children and families from heavy measures to early basic services. The threshold for becoming a child welfare client will be raised, and child welfare institutions may recruit their own security personnel.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 246/2026 vpIn progress
Preserving DigiFinland's in-house entity status
Wellbeing services counties and the state will continue to be able to procure digital health and social services from DigiFinland Oy without tendering. An exemption from the 10 per cent minimum ownership requirement under the Public Procurement Act will be laid down for the company.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 244/2026 vpIn progress
Grant-funded athletes' pension and accident cover
Athletes receiving a grant will receive statutory pension and accident cover in the same way as grant recipients in science and the arts. Insurance will be taken out from Mela (the Farmers' Social Insurance Institution) if the awarded grant exceeds the threshold laid down by law.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 243/2026 vpIn progress
Harmonising the assessment of medicines
The proposal streamlines and harmonises the national assessment and adoption of new hospital medicines so that treatments reach patients more equitably across the country. In addition, hospital pharmacies will be granted the possibility to dispense certain medicines needed for serious illnesses to patients where Kela reimbursement cannot be granted.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 242/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming pharmaceutical preparedness and hospital pharmacies
The proposal clarifies the provision and receipt of international assistance concerning medicinal products as well as the transfer of medicinal products in crisis situations. In addition, the operations of hospital pharmacies will be updated to suit wellbeing services counties, and the reuse of single-use medical devices will be permitted under certain conditions.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 235/2026 vpIn progress
Facilitating electronic transfer of study data
The electronic transfer and use of data recorded in study and degree registers between authorities will be facilitated. Data on people who have studied elsewhere in Finland can directly be transferred through the systems for student admissions to continuing studies in Åland.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 234/2026 vpIn progress
Disclosing church data to estate register
Population data held by churches will be transferred electronically directly to authorities to determine the parties to deceased estates. This will eliminate the need to order separate paper certificates of civil status from the church for estate inventories.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 233/2026 vpIn progress
Safeguarding education during disruptions
The act provides for new operating procedures to safeguard the operations of schools, early childhood education and care, and liberal adult education during various serious disruptions. In basic education, a temporary switch to remote teaching can be made where necessary, and day-care centres can apply flexible staffing ratios without emergency conditions under the Emergency Powers Act.
Sandra Bergqvist: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 132/2024 vpPassed
Broadening substitute social worker eligibility
A person who holds a relevant higher education degree in social services or social sciences and has completed basic and intermediate studies in social work may also serve as a substitute social worker. The reform will ease the shortage of staff in the social services sector and in child welfare in particular.
Sandra Bergqvist: Absent22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote95 jaa67 ei - HE 111/2024 vpPassed
Reducing administrative burden in early childhood education and care
Municipalities and private early childhood education and care providers will no longer be required to draw up local early childhood education and care plans or to report staff continuing education to the national data repository. The reform aims to reduce the administrative burden of early childhood education and care and save working time.
Sandra Bergqvist: Yes22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote92 jaa68 ei