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- HE 209/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Academy of Finland administration
Administrative structures of the Academy of Finland would be clarified, and a requirement to take national security into account would be added to research funding. Funding could be denied to a project that endangers Finland's security or conflicts with foreign policy.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 36/2023 vpPassed
Lowering fuel tax
Taxation of petrol and diesel will be reduced from the start of 2024. The change compensates for the rise in liquid fuel prices resulting from the distribution obligation for renewable fuels.
Tuomas Kettunen: Yes14 Dec 2023 · 1 vote123 jaa58 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No19 Jun 2025 · 1 vote - HE 64/2023 vpPassed
Lowering transfer tax and first-home exemption
Transfer tax on real estate and housing company shares will be lowered, but at the same time the tax exemption for first-time homebuyers will be abolished. The reduced tax rates will apply retroactively from 12 October 2023, and the first-time buyer tax exemption will end at the start of 2024.
Tuomas Kettunen: No12 Dec 2023 · 9 votes109 jaa66 ei - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 232/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Easing residence permits for students and researchers
Students from outside the EU and EEA will be granted a residence permit for the entire duration of their studies at once. The post-graduation or post-research residence permit for jobseeking and starting a business will be extended to two years.
Tuomas Kettunen: Yes8 Apr 2022 · 3 votes90 jaa58 ei - HE 156/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming right-of-occupancy restrictions and selection
Loss-making and underutilised right-of-occupancy buildings could be relinquished, allowing residents to buy their dwelling or remain as tenants. Paid queue numbers for housing applications would be abolished in favour of allocating homes in order of receipt of applications.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 251/2026 vpIn progress
Increasing municipalities' share of corporate tax
The municipalities' share of corporate tax paid by companies will be increased and the state's share will be reduced. The change will compensate municipalities for tax revenue losses caused by other corporate tax reforms.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded23 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 60/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Bringing church co-operation into law
Co-operation of personnel within the Evangelical Lutheran Church will be governed by a separate act instead of the current system based on collective agreements. The reform would strengthen church employees' access to information, opportunities to exert influence and legal protection in situations of change.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 145/2026 vpIn progress
Easier smoking bans for housing companies
Housing companies will receive the right to ban smoking on residents' balconies and inside apartments by their own decision without a municipal permit process. At the same time, the sale of CBD and certain other cannabinoids in tobacco products and tobacco substitutes will be prohibited.
Tuomas Kettunen: Absent30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 ei - HE 214/2024 vpPassed
Reforming eastern border fence compensation
Compensation paid to landowners for permanent barriers and the barrier fence in the border zone will be decided by an expropriation committee of the National Land Survey of Finland instead of the Finnish Border Guard. The change will speed up and harmonise the assessment of compensation by drawing on the real estate expertise of the National Land Survey of Finland.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 86/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the 2024 budget proposal
A government supplementary proposal to the 2024 budget (HE 41/2023). It updates the budget proposal submitted in the autumn with new information before Parliament decides on the budget; it is considered together with the main budget.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 52/2025 vpPassed
Improving criminal data exchange in Eurojust
Information exchange between Finnish authorities and Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, will be enhanced, especially regarding terrorist offences. At the same time, the term of office of the Assistant to the National Member of Finland will be made more flexible.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded25 Sep 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded2 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 167/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing a national space situation centre
A national space situational awareness centre will be established in Finland to monitor conditions in near-Earth space, space weather and space debris. The centre will help authorities and companies prepare for disruptions to satellite services and other risks associated with space activities.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded7 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 82/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding Defence Forces crime prevention powers
Defence Command will be tasked with the prevention and detection of military offences and granted powers to independently use secret intelligence gathering methods. At the same time, crime prevention powers will be clarified and their external oversight strengthened.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded26 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 212/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Banning mobile phones during lessons
The use of mobile phones and other mobile devices during lessons will be prohibited by law, and their use will be permitted only with a teacher's permission for learning or for health care purposes. Schools must issue rules of conduct regarding the use and storage of phones for the entire school day.
Tuomas Kettunen: No30 Apr 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Dissenting opinion
133 jaa28 ei - HE 210/2026 vpIn progress
Abolishing insider registers for investment firms
Investment firms will no longer be required to maintain a public insider register, and their insiders will no longer make separate insider declarations. The reform dismantles national red tape overlapping with EU regulation.
Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 166/2024 vpPassed
Allowing drones for hunting invasive species
Drones may be used as an aid in hunting and tracking harmful invasive mammal species, such as raccoon dogs. At the same time, a longer transitional period of up to three years can be laid down for new prohibited invasive species.
Tuomas Kettunen: Absent17 Dec 2024 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Tiina Elo
116 jaa54 ei