Search

Search understands meaning: “electricity prices” also finds bills worded differently. A number such as HE 78/2026 goes straight to the bill.

Try

2676 bills

Jouni Kotiaho

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 14/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Safeguarding essential functions during strikes

    Trade unions will be placed under an obligation to safeguard essential functions during strikes, such as human life, health, and safety. If the duty of care is breached, a court may prohibit the industrial action and employers may order employees to perform emergency work in acute emergencies.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    28 May 2025 · 6 votes
    83 jaa
    69 ei
  2. HE 100/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing statutory bakery night-work supplements

    The separate Bakery Work Act for the bakery sector will be repealed in March 2025. This removes bakery workers' statutory 100 per cent night-work supplement, and compensation for night work will be agreed in collective agreements as in other sectors.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    20 Feb 2025 · 1 vote
    115 jaa
    57 ei
  3. HE 166/2025 vpPassed

    Adding nicotine pouches to producer responsibility

    Manufacturers and importers of nicotine pouches will be obligated to compensate municipalities for the cleanup and waste management of litter caused by their products. At the same time, compensation paid to municipalities by producers of single-use plastics and nicotine pouches will be changed to be based mainly on a fixed annual per-capita fee.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 146/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining integration operations and data exchange

    Information flow and responsibilities between authorities providing integration services will be clarified. At the same time, it will be ensured that municipalities continue to receive central government compensation for supporting schooling for children with an immigrant background.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    9 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 21/2025 vpPassed

    Enabling management hunting of large carnivores

    The Hunting Act will be amended so that population management hunting of bears, wolves and lynxes can once again be permitted in Finland. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be able to define regional objectives for derogation permits and reference values for favourable conservation status by decree.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    22 May 2025 · 9 votes
    131 jaa
    20 ei
  6. 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.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    103 jaa
    45 ei
  7. HE 73/2025 vpPassed

    Changing early childhood education and care fee index

    The price index used in the regular adjustment of client fees in early childhood education and care will be replaced with another index. The change will reduce the workload of Statistics Finland without any significant impact on fees paid by families.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    16 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 239/2026 vpIn progress

    Reorganising KEHA Centre duties

    The state will cut duties related to employment services at the KEHA Centre and transfer some services to other authorities. Municipalities will be more independently responsible for advising jobseekers and for their own training, while international recruitment will be centralised at Business Finland.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  9. HE 238/2026 vpIn progress

    Harmonising employment law limitation periods

    Limitation periods for employees' claims regarding pay, working hours and annual holidays will be harmonised to be similar. During an employment relationship, claims will generally expire in three years, and the limitation period can be interrupted by an informal notification without legal proceedings.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  10. HE 215/2026 vpIn progress

    Establishing a water management data repository

    Official data on water resources, water services, dam safety and floods will be compiled into a statutory water management data repository. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to obtain flood damage compensation data from insurance companies for anticipating and managing flood risks.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  11. HE 214/2026 vpIn progress

    Introducing forest regeneration notifications

    Forest owners will be obliged to submit a notification of forest regeneration work or the preconditions for regeneration after felling. Failure to submit the notification will become an offence punishable by a fine.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  12. HE 186/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding the senior Kela reimbursement pilot

    People aged over 65 will receive Kela reimbursement for private physiotherapy with a co-payment corresponding to client fees in public health care. In addition, the number of reimbursed general practitioner visits under the pilot will be increased and the pilot will be extended to the end of 2028.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  13. HE 142/2026 vpIn progress

    Permanent authorisation for industrial property attorneys

    The authorisation of industrial property attorneys will be made valid until further notice, meaning it will no longer need to be renewed every five years. At the same time, the annual supervisory fee charged to attorneys will be increased.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  14. HE 181/2025 vpPassed

    Allowing diplomats' family members to work

    Family members of Finnish and Uruguayan diplomats and mission staff will be entitled to engage in gainful employment in their host state. Employment will be possible without family members having to waive their diplomatic status.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 57/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding and tightening cybersecurity requirements

    Companies and authorities vital to the functioning of society will face stricter obligations to protect themselves against cyber threats and report information security incidents. The reform will improve the resilience of critical services and strengthen cybersecurity across the country.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    25 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 67/2025 vpPassed

    Expanding the range of biofuel feedstocks

    The range of raw materials approved for the production of transport biofuels and biogas will be expanded in line with EU regulation. Fuel distributors will be able to use new raw materials, such as industrial side streams and certain crops, to meet their distribution obligation.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    10 Oct 2025 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    123 jaa
    16 ei
  17. HE 49/2025 vpPassed

    Loan guarantees for fisheries enterprises

    Enterprises in the fishing and aquaculture sectors will begin to be granted loan guarantees from an EU fund. The support will make it easier especially for start-up entrepreneurs to obtain loans for investments and working capital.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  18. 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.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    16 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 171/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Removing driving licence examinations from health centres

    Health centres will no longer carry out medical examinations or issue certificates for driving licences. A medical report on driving ability will as a rule have to be obtained from a private medical clinic at one's own expense.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    19 Mar 2025 · 2 votes
    111 jaa
    54 ei
  20. HE 175/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Linking water objectives to environmental permits

    Securing the good status of water bodies and the prohibition of deterioration will become directly statutory, binding conditions for granting environmental and water permits. At the same time, companies will be able to apply for a derogation from water objectives directly in connection with the permit application, speeding up the processing of projects.

    Jouni Kotiaho: No vote recorded
    13 Dec 2024 · 10 votes
    99 jaa
    71 ei