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Timo FuruholmEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 60/2023 vpPassed
Cutting youth and vocational rehabilitation allowances
The rehabilitation allowance for young people and the rehabilitation allowance paid during vocational rehabilitation provided by Kela will be reduced. Their minimum amount and calculation method will be aligned with sickness allowance.
Timo Furuholm: No14 Dec 2023 · 2 votes100 jaa75 ei - HE 201/2024 vpPassed
Protecting classified information with Brazil
Finland and Brazil agree on the protection of confidential and classified information exchanged between them. The agreement enables the secure handling of sensitive information in co-operation between the states and businesses.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded20 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 254/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding employee representation in administration
Employees' right to have a representative in company management will be extended to companies with at least 100 employees. Representation will have to be arranged on the company's board of directors or management group unless agreed otherwise.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 157/2026 vpIn progress
Stricter penalties for environmental offences
Legislation on environmental offences will be tightened and several new environmental offence categories will be added to the Criminal Code. At the same time, penalties imposed for the acts and corporate fines imposed on companies will be raised considerably.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 141/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising reduced VAT to 14 per cent
Value added tax (VAT) on medicines, books, passenger transport, and cultural and sports services will rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent at the beginning of 2025. At the same time, the tax rate on menstrual products, children's nappies and incontinence products will fall from 25.5 per cent to 14 per cent.
Timo Furuholm: Absent29 Nov 2024 · 5 votes87 jaa67 ei - HE 88/2025 vpPassed
Temporary cut to ministers' remuneration
The monthly remuneration of ministers and the Prime Minister will be reduced by 5 per cent. The temporary cut would enter into force at the start of 2026 and last until the end of the Government's term in office.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded31 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 259/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying elite sports and sports research
Objectives on sustainable development and measures to promote elite sports and health-enhancing physical activity will be added to the Sports Act. At the same time, the Academy of Finland will be able to act as a discretionary government grant authority for sports science research grants.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 34/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding wilderness inspectors' powers
Wilderness inspectors of Metsähallitus (the state forest enterprise) and other supervisory authorities will gain the right to inspect the backpacks and other carried items of hunters and fishers if they are suspected of having breached the rules. In addition, failing to obey an order or a stop signal given by a wilderness inspector will become a punishable offence.
Timo Furuholm: No19 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Veronika Honkasalo
142 jaa17 ei - HE 27/2022 vpPassed
Enshrining climate targets in law
Finland will commit to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 and set binding interim targets for reducing emissions. Official climate policy planning will be expanded to cover land use and carbon sinks as well.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded7 Jun 2022 · 4 votes121 jaa42 ei - HE 21/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Shortening the integration compensation period
The state will shorten the period for integration compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties by one year, and lower the upper age limit for support for unaccompanied minors to 23 years. In addition, an immigrant may be charged a fee if they fail to attend a booked appointment and interpreting costs are incurred.
Timo Furuholm: No5 Jun 2024 · 5 votes92 jaa78 ei - 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.
Timo Furuholm: No30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 ei - HE 105/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising transport data into one service
All basic digital data concerning transport, public transport and the road network will be compiled into a single nationwide service. The reform will make it easier to utilise up-to-date traffic data in route planners, navigation applications and travel chain planning.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 9/2025 vpPassed
Enhancing the protection of international waters
Finland approves the UN agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The national Marine Protection Act will be supplemented so that high seas projects are brought within the scope of environmental impact assessments and permit procedures.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 2/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Banning property purchases on security grounds
Citizens and companies from a country that threatens Finland or other states will not be allowed to buy real estate in Finland without a permanent residence permit. The ban will prevent the use of properties for activities that endanger national security and for hybrid influence.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Timo Furuholm: No19 Jun 2025 · 1 vote - HE 210/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing health and social services preparedness
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the wellbeing services counties maintaining university hospitals would be granted powers to lead health and social services during extensive disruptions and states of emergency. At the same time, a national preparedness group would be established to support decision-making and the transfer of resources between areas.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded19 Jun 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.
Timo Furuholm: No14 Dec 2023 · 1 vote123 jaa58 ei - 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.
Timo Furuholm: No12 Dec 2023 · 9 votes109 jaa66 ei - HE 154/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2023
The central government budget for 2023. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before approving the budget.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded21 Dec 2022 · 590 votes