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Saku Nikkanen

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  1. HE 222/2026 vpIn progress

    Easing disqualification rules for attorneys

    A grantor of a continuing power of attorney will be able to permit in their power of attorney that the attorney represents them in certain transactions despite close personal relationships. The amendment makes handling affairs among relatives smoother without the need to appoint an external substitute.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    13 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  2. HE 48/2025 vpIn progress

    Converting foreign death penalties into imprisonment

    Finnish authorities will receive the competence to convert a death penalty imposed abroad into a prison sentence to be served in Finland. The amendment would enable the transfer and enforcement of sentences in Finland where the sentenced person is a Finnish citizen or resides in Finland.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    13 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  3. HE 126/2026 vpIn progress

    Easing administrative burden on companies

    The administration of limited liability companies and co-operatives will be eased, and the process of closing down operations and winding up will be streamlined. The changes will remove unnecessary bureaucracy for companies and speed up the execution of corporate and financial arrangements.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  4. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    7 Jun 2022 · 4 votes
    121 jaa
    42 ei
  5. HE 161/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming vocational education funding and steering

    Funding and steering for vocational education and training will be reformed, and a pilot project will be launched giving some educational institutions greater leeway to decide on the qualifications they offer. At the same time, the learning support and special needs education received by students will be clarified and strengthened.

    Saku Nikkanen: Yes
    18 Dec 2024 · 7 votes
    150 jaa
    47 ei
  6. HE 149/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Centralising hospitals and emergency services

    Finland's hospital network and round-the-clock emergency services will be concentrated into fewer units to ensure adequate staffing and funding. Each wellbeing services county will as a rule have only one hospital with a multidisciplinary round-the-clock emergency department and round-the-clock operating theatre readiness.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    18 Dec 2024 · 18 votes
    101 jaa
    96 ei
  7. HE 101/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Easing construction regulations

    Permit procedures and requirements for construction will be eased in order to speed up construction and reduce the administrative burden. For example, the mandatory climate report will be removed for builders of detached and semi-detached houses, and binding deadlines will be set for municipal building supervision authorities to process permit applications.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    18 Dec 2024 · 13 votes
    130 jaa
    67 ei
  8. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    26 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 160/2024 vpPassed

    Moving students to housing supplement

    Students without children will be transferred from the general housing allowance to the housing supplement of student financial aid from 1 August 2025. The housing supplement is an individual benefit paid as a rule only for months of study.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    16 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    112 jaa
    56 ei
  10. HE 196/2024 vpPassed

    Accelerating permit procedures for critical raw materials

    Raw material projects deemed strategic by the EU will be given priority in the processing of environmental and water permits and before the courts. In addition, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland will become a nationwide single point of contact that coordinates permit procedures and monitors their time limits.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 142/2024 vpPassed

    Compensating forest damage from private reserves

    The state will compensate damage if forest damage spreads from a private nature reserve to a neighbouring commercial forest. The amendment corrects an error that had previously entered the act.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 135/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing increased unemployment benefit components

    The increased components of unemployment benefits paid for participation in employment-promoting services and the increase to the mobility allowance will be abolished. At the same time, the partial labour market subsidy received by an unemployed person living with their parents will be cut.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    9 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    122 jaa
    58 ei
  13. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: Yes
    30 Apr 2025 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Dissenting opinion

    133 jaa
    28 ei
  14. HE 145/2024 vpPassed

    Raising seafarers' service charges and ending state funding

    The state will cease funding the Seamen's Service Bureau, as a result of which the service charges levied on seafarers and shipping companies will be temporarily increased for three years. At the same time, state representatives will leave the administration of the service bureau and responsibility will transfer to the labour market organisations.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    29 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    107 jaa
    49 ei
  15. HE 73/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening unemployment benefit conditions

    The work requirement needed to qualify for unemployment allowance will be extended by six months and will begin to accrue based on paid wage income rather than hours worked. In addition, the child increases to unemployment benefits and the exempt amount for part-time work income will be abolished, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be extended, and holiday compensation will postpone the start of the benefit.

    Saku Nikkanen: No
    20 Dec 2023 · 9 votes
    99 jaa
    47 ei
  16. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 219/2024 vpPassed

    Tougher penalties for street gang crime

    More severe penalties will be imposed for offences linked to the activities of street gangs and for humiliating violence. In addition, using a child under 15 years of age to commit an offence will be made a distinct punishable offence.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote
  18. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 153/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Allowing debt conversions in corporate restructuring

    Debts of a company undergoing corporate restructuring could be converted into the company's shares directly under the restructuring programme. Under certain conditions, the arrangement could also be carried out against the will of the shareholders.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  20. 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.

    Saku Nikkanen: No vote recorded
    25 Sep 2025 · passed without a vote