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Tuomas KettunenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 86/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving military preparedness in healthcare
A duty will be laid down for wellbeing services counties to prepare for military threats and to support the Finnish Defence Forces and NATO with healthcare services. The state will reimburse wellbeing services counties in full for the costs of the new preparedness duties.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No2 Jul 2024 · 3 votes99 jaa79 ei - HE 28/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering reception and spending allowances
The reception allowance and spending allowance paid to asylum seekers, beneficiaries of temporary protection and victims of trafficking in human beings without a municipality of residence will be reduced. The change is temporary and will remain in force until the end of 2025.
Tuomas Kettunen: Absent1 Jul 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa59 ei - HE 41/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising and streamlining environmental permits
Environmental permit and assessment procedures will be brought together under the new national Licensing and Supervisory Agency, allowing different permits to be processed at once in the same place. The reform will accelerate and streamline permitting for investments and extend the priority processing of green transition projects.
Tuomas Kettunen: Yes19 Jun 2025 · 6 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
121 jaa62 ei - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 174/2026 vpIn progress
Cutting income tax for 2027
Taxes on labour for low- and middle-income earners will be reduced, and an index adjustment corresponding to the rise in earnings levels will be made to the income tax scale for 2027. At the same time, the tax deduction for donations will be expanded, and the payment of tax on employee stock options in unlisted companies will be deferred until the shares are sold.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded10 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 119/2024 vpPassed
Introducing emissions trading for fuel distribution
A new emissions trading system for the distribution of fossil fuels will be introduced in Finland, covering road transport, individual heating of buildings, industry and off-road machinery. Fuel distributors must purchase emission allowances for the fossil fuels they sell, which will raise fuel prices for end users.
Tuomas Kettunen: Absent17 Dec 2024 · 5 votes154 jaa16 ei - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded17 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 245/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming self-employed pension contributions
Self-employed persons will be able to choose between an overall assessment by the pension company or their actual earned income as the basis for their pension insurance income. At the same time, the fixed contribution discount for new entrepreneurs will be replaced with more flexible contribution options.
Tuomas Kettunen: No20 Oct 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Riitta Kaarisalon ehdotus EI
93 jaa80 ei - HE 137/2026 vpIn progress
More effective forfeiture of criminal proceeds
Authorities will be able to forfeit criminal assets to the state more easily than before. Forfeiting assets will no longer always require a conviction for a specific individual offence.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded20 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 189/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming snow dumping and environmental permits
Dumping snow from the shore into the sea will be prohibited after a three-year transition period. At the same time, permit procedures for small biogas plants and hydrogen production will be streamlined.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded28 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 138/2026 vpIn progress
Speeding up criminal proceedings
The processing of criminal cases will be streamlined and expedited from the preliminary investigation stage through to court proceedings. The reform introduces, among other things, a new method of summons, time limits for naming evidence, and the option to record interrogations using audio only.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded30 May 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 166/2026 vpIn progress
Strengthening vitality in the archipelago
A new Archipelago Act will be enacted in Finland, replacing legislation that is over 40 years old and taking into account growing seasonal residency alongside permanent residents. The act safeguards basic services and transport connections in the archipelago and requires the special conditions of the archipelago to be taken into account in decision-making by public authorities.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 121/2026 vpIn progress
New criminal intelligence powers for police
The police would be granted the right to secretly gather information on serious and organised crime even before a concrete suspicion of an offence exists. In addition, the police could use automated data collectors in open communications networks.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No16 Dec 2025 · 2 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
124 jaa38 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: Absent26 Jan 2023 · 16 votes119 jaa38 ei - HE 220/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming safety supervision of work equipment
Safety requirements and market surveillance for machinery and technical equipment used at work will be reformed in line with EU regulation. Administrative penalty payments can be imposed for minor safety deficiencies, and supervision will be centralised under a single authority.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet