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Tere SammallahtiEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 133/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Digital education and career planning service
A new national digital service, Osaamispolku, will be established in Finland to support citizens in their education and career choices and in developing their competence. The service will bring together education and labour market data and offer AI-based suggestions according to the user's interests and skills.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits
Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 54/2023 vpPassed
Postponing tighter elderly care staffing ratios
The entry into force of the staffing ratio of 0.7 staff members per client in round-the-clock care for older people will be postponed until the beginning of 2028. Until then, the current minimum ratio of 0.65 staff members per client will remain in force.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes17 Nov 2023 · 4 votes119 jaa44 ei - HE 65/2025 vpPassed
Continued use of eastern rolling stock
Rolling stock complying with eastern standards could be used in domestic timber and chemical transport until the end of 2028. At the same time, safety supervision of new tramway and metro projects would be increased as early as the design phase.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 127/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering elderly care staffing ratio
The statutory minimum staffing ratio for 24-hour care for older people will decrease to 0.6 workers per client from the beginning of 2025. The previous plan to raise the staffing ratio to 0.7 workers is cancelled completely.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes28 Nov 2024 · 8 votes115 jaa50 ei - HE 152/2026 vpIn progress
Electronic voting register for church elections
An electronic voting register will replace paper voting lists in parish elections and vicar elections. The change will speed up the conduct of elections, reduce errors and make advance voting smoother.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes28 May 2025 · 6 votes83 jaa69 ei - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes20 Feb 2025 · 1 vote115 jaa57 ei - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded9 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes22 May 2025 · 9 votes131 jaa20 ei - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: Yes15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes103 jaa45 ei - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded16 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote - 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.
Tere Sammallahti: No vote recorded25 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote