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Pekka ToveriEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 164/2024 vpPassed
Linking agricultural subsidies to working conditions
Receipt of agricultural subsidies will be linked to compliance with employees' working conditions and occupational safety from the beginning of 2025. In addition, national aid for crop production can be paid in advance earlier than at present.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 1 vote155 jaa14 ei - HE 126/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening housing allowance and asset limits
Asset limits and restrictions will be introduced for the general housing allowance and the housing allowance for pensioners, reducing or terminating support for households with assets. In addition, housing allowance will decrease in six cities due to a reduction in the maximum limits for housing costs.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - HE 107/2024 vpPassed
Raising vehicle tax on electric cars
Vehicle tax on all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids will increase. The new tax rates will apply from the beginning of 2026.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded10 Dec 2024 · 4 votes162 jaa19 ei - HE 11/2025 vpPassed
Tightening conditions for family reunification
Conditions for family reunification will be tightened by setting an age limit of 21 years for residence permits for spouses and requiring beneficiaries of international protection to have resided in Finland for two years before bringing their family to the country. In addition, secured means of support will, as a rule, be required for the entry of a guardian of a minor who has received subsidiary protection.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded15 May 2025 · 7 votes103 jaa51 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.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded26 Jan 2023 · 16 votes119 jaa38 ei - HE 216/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming startup residence permits
The residence permit procedure for foreign startup entrepreneurs will become part of a chargeable permit application, with Business Finland assessing the business activities directly in the immigration administration's IT system. Ordinary foreign entrepreneurs will no longer be required to register a company in Finland before being granted their first residence permit.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 120/2026 vpIn progress
Enhancing prison security and supervision
The Criminal Sanctions Agency will receive clearer powers to restrict prison operations in serious societal disruptions and to supervise prisoners in everyday life. At the same time, security requirements for prison leaves will be tightened, and prisoners' ability to use their personal payment cards will be promoted.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Pekka Toveri: 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.
Pekka Toveri: 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.
Pekka Toveri: 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.
Pekka Toveri: 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.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 113/2024 vpPassed
Cutting state funding for churches
The state will cut funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church by a total of 20 million euros from 2025 onwards. The saving will balance central government finances in a situation where the tax revenues of the churches are estimated to increase correspondingly due to other tax changes.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · 2 votes117 jaa40 ei - HE 30/2024 vpPassed
Introducing an asylum border procedure
A rapid border procedure will be introduced in Finland for processing unfounded asylum applications lodged at the external border. Applicants will not be allowed to move freely within Finland during the procedure, but must remain within the designated reception centre area.
Pekka Toveri: Absent24 Jun 2024 · 6 votes158 jaa13 ei - HE 112/2024 vpPassed
Cutting vocational education and training funding
Funding for vocational education and training will be cut by 120 million euros from 2025 onwards, reducing study places for adults who already hold a qualification. At the same time, administrative obligations for upper secondary institutions will be eased, and an additional 10 million euros will be allocated to support for learning in general upper secondary schools.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes96 jaa66 ei - HE 66/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Enabling regional passenger train procurement
Municipalities and regional actors will be able to organise and tender subsidised passenger train services in their area. Responsibility for procuring state rail transport will transfer to Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), and the regulatory body supervising the market to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV).
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded24 Oct 2025 · passed without a 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.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa53 ei - HE 221/2026 vpIn progress
Writing peatland protection rules into law
The protection rules for 71 state-owned peatland reserves will be updated and transferred from a decree directly into law. The conservation provisions and rights of use in the areas, such as hunting, fishing, and reindeer husbandry, will remain largely unchanged.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 209/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming tax rules for investment funds
The requirement that a foreign investment fund be contractual in form is removed from tax exemption and replaced with a condition that the fund be exempt from tax in its home state. At the same time, establishing European long-term investment funds in Finland will be made easier by also allowing ordinary retail investors as unitholders.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet