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Timo FuruholmEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 239/2018 vpPassed
Moving official notices online
Public notices and general notifications issued by public authorities will primarily be published on the authorities' websites instead of on physical notice boards and in the Official Gazette (Virallinen lehti). At the same time, the outdated Act on Public Notices will be repealed.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded21 Feb 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 307/2018 vpPassed
Closing international tax treaty loopholes
Finland will accede to an international multilateral convention that updates multiple bilateral tax treaties at once. The reform will prevent corporate tax avoidance and profit shifting, and make the resolution of international tax disputes more efficient.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded18 Feb 2019 · 3 votes - HE 69/2020 vpPassed
Centralising business subsidy data
Data on business subsidies granted by the state will be gathered into a single centralised information system. The reform will make business subsidies more transparent and enhance monitoring and research concerning them.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded8 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 55/2020 vpPassed
Clarifying bank and payment account data
The rules on the bank and payment account control system are clarified before the systems are introduced. The data to be disclosed by financial institutions and virtual currency providers to the authorities will be defined more precisely than before.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded7 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 217/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming visa reviews and DNA sampling
Processing of requests for administrative review of negative visa decisions will be transferred from missions abroad to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and a fee will be charged for processing. The applicant will be able to take the DNA sample required for a residence permit themselves under official supervision, without a healthcare professional.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded12 Feb 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 60/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving conditions for variable-hours workers
The employment terms of employees working variable hours and on short-term contracts will become more predictable and clearer than at present. Employers will have to provide a more comprehensive written statement on the terms of employment and regularly review actual hours worked under zero-hour and other variable contracts.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 281/2018 vpPassed
Confirming the statutory status of Palkeet
The duties and status of the Finnish Government Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR will be laid down in a separate act instead of a previous decree. At the same time, the division of duties between the service centre and the State Treasury will be clarified.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded1 Feb 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 47/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Allowing remote and hybrid meetings in organisations
Limited liability companies, housing companies, co-operatives and associations will be able to hold their meetings entirely remotely or as hybrid meetings. Participants will also be able to exercise full speaking and voting rights remotely.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded22 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 228/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Combatting money laundering and terrorist financing
The reform tightens supervision of money laundering and terrorist financing and obliges companies to register their beneficial owners with the authorities. At the same time, authorities' supervisory powers and the sanctions imposed for non-compliance are significantly increased.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded13 Jun 2017 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 1 luvun 5 §, mietintö / Sirpa Paatero
105 jaa61 ei - HE 17/2017 vpPassed
Stricter sustainability rules for biofuels
Sustainability criteria for transport biofuels and calculation rules for the distribution obligation will be clarified in line with an EU directive. Only biofuels produced from specific raw materials will be eligible to be counted twice towards the distribution obligation.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded22 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 42/2022 vpPassed
Securing social security for European prosecutors
The pension and social security of European Public Prosecutor's Office prosecutors working in Finland will be brought to the same level as domestic prosecutors. The salary paid by the office will accrue Finnish social security and pension rights through a calculated insurance salary.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded10 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 44/2022 vpPassed
Postponing biomass fuel sustainability criteria
Installations using biomass fuels and bioliquids will not yet need to demonstrate the sustainability of their fuels in 2022 to count them as zero-rated emissions in emissions trading. Application of the requirement will be postponed to the start of 2023.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded9 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 206/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Improving basic security and parental allowances
The minimum sickness and parental allowances, rehabilitation allowances and the guarantee pension will be increased, and the annual ceiling on medicine expenses will be lowered. At the same time, the rights of single parents, adoptive parents and multiple-birth families to parental allowances will be improved.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded20 Dec 2018 · 19 votesClosest vote · 3. lakiehdotus, 35 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
96 jaa87 ei - HE 105/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming rail transport competition and permits
Domestic rail passenger transport will be opened to competition and the regulation of the sector will be completely reformed to comply with EU requirements. At the same time, permit processes in the rail sector will be harmonised and the administrative burden on private sidings will be reduced.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded20 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Automating forestry subsidy decisions
The Finnish Forest Centre will be able to grant certain forest management subsidies automatically without processing by an official. This will speed up decisions on applications and the payment of subsidies to forest owners.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded19 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 207/2018 vpPassed
Expanding frontline veterans' home services
Services supporting living at home will begin to be reimbursed for frontline veterans to the same extent as for disabled war veterans. The state will pay the costs incurred by municipalities for arranging these services.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded17 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 201/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening Border Guard powers and preparedness
The powers of the Finnish Border Guard will be expanded in incidents during normal conditions, in counter-terrorism and in maintaining border security. At the same time, transport operators will be obligated to check travel documents in internal border traffic as well if border control has been temporarily reintroduced.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded14 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 220/2018 vpPassed
Payment-based adjustment of unemployment benefits
Wages from part-time or short-term work will be adjusted against unemployment benefits when the wage is paid, rather than when the work was performed. The change eliminates delays in unemployment benefit payments caused by waiting for wage details.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded12 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 59/2018 vpPassed
Easier studying on unemployment benefits
Unemployed jobseekers aged at least 25 will be able to study for up to six months without losing their unemployment benefit. The studies will also count towards the activity required under the activation model for unemployment security.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded11 Dec 2018 · 1 voteOnly vote · 2 luvun 10 a §, mietintö / Anna Kontula
139 jaa24 ei - HE 203/2018 vpPassed
State compensation for specialist social work training
Universities will receive state compensation for the costs of organising specialist training in social work. The compensation will be based on the number of completed training programmes.
Timo Furuholm: No vote recorded10 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote