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Hilkka KemppiEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: Absent19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa53 ei - HE 298/2022 vpPassed
Postponing tighter elderly care staffing ratios
The full entry into force of the minimum staffing ratio of 0.7 employees in 24-hour care for older people will be postponed until December 2023. From the beginning of April 2023, however, the staffing requirement will rise temporarily to 0.65 employees per client.
Hilkka Kemppi: Absent26 Jan 2023 · 16 votes119 jaa38 ei - HE 9/2025 vpPassed
Enhancing the protection of international waters
Finland approves the UN agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The national Marine Protection Act will be supplemented so that high seas projects are brought within the scope of environmental impact assessments and permit procedures.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 172/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Finnish Customs administration and management
The internal management and organisational structure of Finnish Customs will be reformed to streamline decision-making and cooperation. The amendment transfers decisions regarding internal organisation from a government decree to Finnish Customs' own rules of procedure.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 192/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding remote connections in administrative courts
Participants will be able to attend oral hearings in administrative courts remotely with greater flexibility, and hearings can also be held entirely online. In addition, a member of the court may participate in proceedings remotely without being present in the courtroom.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 100/2026 vpIn progress
Extending passport and identity card validity
The period of validity of passports and identity cards for adults will be extended from five to ten years. At the same time, submitting passport photographs will be restricted to businesses, and information on guardians will be entered in the passports of minors.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 37/2025 vpPassed
Tightening sustainability requirements for renewable fuels
Sustainability requirements for renewable fuels would be tightened and extended to cover smaller heating and power plants than before, as well as electricity-based renewable fuels. An increasing number of energy producers would have to verify the sustainability of their fuels and report on them to the authorities.
Hilkka Kemppi: No19 Jun 2025 · 4 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
101 jaa84 ei - HE 35/2025 vpPassed
Improving pandemic preparedness
Finland will approve the updates to the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations, which improve preparedness for pandemics and other cross-border health threats. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health will be designated as the national coordinator for the implementation of the regulations.
Hilkka Kemppi: No19 Jun 2025 · 1 vote - HE 27/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Extending cybersecurity requirements to critical entities
All organisations identified as critical to the functioning of society will be placed under an obligation to manage cybersecurity risks and report significant information security incidents. The obligations will apply to these entities regardless of their size.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 51/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Ten-year limitation on marital rights
Following a divorce, a spouse's marital right to the other spouse's property will expire in ten years unless the spouses agree otherwise. At the same time, the requirement for a former spouse's consent to the sale of a home used as a joint residence will be abolished.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded14 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 96/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Higher nicotine pouch and e-liquid taxes
Taxes on e-liquids and nicotine pouches will rise, increasing their prices in shops. In addition, travellers will be permitted to bring in a maximum of 200 grams of snus or nicotine pouches tax-free for personal use from another EU country.
Hilkka Kemppi: No16 Dec 2025 · 2 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
124 jaa38 ei - HE 68/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying asbestos and construction safety rules
Advance notifications of asbestos demolition work will include details of worker training and respirator fit testing. At the same time, qualification requirements for crane drivers and construction divers will be transferred directly into the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded13 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: Absent19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes97 jaa68 ei - HE 12/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting political and sympathy strikes
The duration of political strikes will be limited to a maximum of 24 hours, and restrictions will be placed on sympathy industrial actions to prevent harm to third parties. At the same time, fines imposed for illegal strikes will be increased, and an employee may be ordered to pay a fee for continuing a strike found to be illegal.
Hilkka Kemppi: Yes15 May 2024 · 10 votes107 jaa57 ei - HE 168/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing the employer training deduction
The tax deduction for training for businesses and agricultural employers will be abolished, which is why the scope of application of the act on the development of professional competence will be narrowed. The act and the associated training compensation will apply only to public bodies and non-profit operators, such as municipalities, higher education institutions and organisations.
Hilkka Kemppi: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote130 jaa67 ei - HE 146/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Economic considerations in labour dispute mediation
The National Conciliator and the conciliation board for labour disputes will be required to take into account the overall interest of the national economy and the functioning of wage formation in their conciliation work and settlement proposals. The National Conciliator or a conciliator appointed by them will also chair the conciliation board.
Hilkka Kemppi: No18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote107 jaa90 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: Absent17 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: 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.
Hilkka Kemppi: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote