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Pauli Aalto-SetäläEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 188/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing ARA and transferring tasks
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) will be abolished as a separate agency, and its duties will be transferred to a new Centre for State-subsidised Housing Construction established under the Ministry of the Environment. From 1 March 2025, the new centre will be responsible for granting state housing subsidies, supervising the housing stock, and carrying out the agency's other statutory responsibilities.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote98 jaa72 ei - HE 136/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing Ara
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (Ara) will be abolished as an independent agency from 1 January 2025. The agency's duties and personnel will be transferred to a centre for state-subsidised housing construction to be established within the Ministry of the Environment.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote97 jaa72 ei - HE 122/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting access to disability services
The scope of application of the Act on Disability Services is specified so that special services will be granted only if basic social services are insufficient and the need for assistance differs from what is typical for the person's stage of life. Whether a service is free of charge will no longer affect the act under which assistance is granted.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 6 votes130 jaa67 ei - HE 85/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding local bargaining
Opportunities for local bargaining will be expanded so that companies that do not belong to employer associations can also make use of the flexibility provisions in generally applicable collective agreements. If there is no shop steward at the workplace, a local agreement can be concluded with an elected representative chosen by the employees.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa53 ei - HE 178/2026 vpIn progress
Reintroducing afforestation aid for wasteland
Afforestation aid for wasteland will be reintroduced for 2027–2029 to increase forest area and carbon sinks. Private landowners will be able to apply for state aid to plant forest on, for example, fields taken out of cultivation or former peat extraction sites.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded30 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 146/2026 vpIn progress
Extending the last pension institution principle
Pension applicants will receive their earnings-related pension under a single decision also when their career includes employment at the Bank of Finland or in the Åland public sector. In addition, pension institutions' access to health data will be accelerated by enabling data to be retrieved electronically directly from the Kanta services.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Suna Kymäläisen ehdotus EI
96 jaa77 ei - HE 175/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Linking water objectives to environmental permits
Securing the good status of water bodies and the prohibition of deterioration will become directly statutory, binding conditions for granting environmental and water permits. At the same time, companies will be able to apply for a derogation from water objectives directly in connection with the permit application, speeding up the processing of projects.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes13 Dec 2024 · 10 votes99 jaa71 ei - 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes13 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes112 jaa56 ei - HE 195/2026 vpIn progress
Removing intra-EU Energy Charter arbitration
Finland will approve a joint agreement between EU countries clarifying the rules of the international Energy Charter Treaty. The agreement confirms that the Energy Charter Treaty's arbitration procedures cannot be used for disputes between EU countries and investors operating in another EU country.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 179/2026 vpIn progress
More flexible pay subsidy terms
Granting pay subsidies will become more flexible, and the duration of the subsidy will be based on the discretion of the employment authority. Employers will be able to receive a subsidy for up to one year at a time to develop an unemployed person's vocational skills.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 160/2026 vpIn progress
Streamlining the recognition of foreign qualifications
Recognition of professional qualifications and eligibility for public posts in Finland for people who have studied abroad will be streamlined and sped up. Gaps in education can also be bridged through work experience, an adaptation period, or an aptitude test instead of supplementary studies alone.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Absent10 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes15 May 2025 · 7 votes103 jaa51 ei - HE 191/2026 vpIn progress
Strengthening home buyer protection
In the sale of new homes, using a construction work observer will become mandatory and a new post-inspection procedure will be laid down for remedying construction defects. In addition, the financial security of home buyers will be improved by amending the security deposit system and regulating intermediate housing agreements between rental and owner-occupied housing.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 218/2026 vpIn progress
Regulating secondary use of health data
The proposal aligns Finnish legislation with the European Health Data Space so that electronic health and social services data can be utilised in research and innovation under shared European rules. Citizens will simultaneously be given the option to opt out of the disclosure of their data for secondary use via Omakanta.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes13 Oct 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
93 jaa69 ei - 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes28 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes24 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.
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: Yes22 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).
Pauli Aalto-Setälä: No vote recorded24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote