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Juha Viitala

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  1. HE 80/2025 vpPassed

    Merging student and social security appeals

    The Student Financial Aid Appeal Board will be abolished and appeals concerning student financial aid benefits transferred to the Social Security Appeal Board. At the same time, the procedure for the annulment of decisions on unemployment security will be streamlined, and the provisions on leaving disability pensions in abeyance will be extended.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 75/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Index freezes and child benefit increases

    Annual index increases to several social security benefits will not be made in 2024–2027. At the same time, child benefit will be increased for families with multiple children, single parents, and children under three years of age.

    Juha Viitala: No
    19 Dec 2023 · 4 votes
    119 jaa
    58 ei
  3. HE 54/2025 vpPassed

    Early childhood education and care vouchers

    Service vouchers for early childhood education and care will be regulated under a dedicated act instead of health and social services regulation. The use of service vouchers will remain voluntary for municipalities and an option for families to choose a private early childhood education and care place.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 151/2025 vpPassed

    Customs supervision of biocide imports

    Finnish Customs will be granted the right to inspect and stop non-compliant biocidal products ordered by private individuals from other EU countries immediately upon entry. The change applies, for example, to mosquito repellents, rodent poisons, and products treated with biocides ordered from online stores.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    10 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 195/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding and increasing Kela reimbursements

    Patients will be able to receive Kela reimbursement for private dental hygienist and physiotherapist appointments without a doctor's referral. In addition, the Kela reimbursement paid for visits to specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics will be increased.

    Juha Viitala: Yes
    27 Mar 2025 · 14 votes
    145 jaa
    9 ei
  6. HE 58/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reducing mail delivery and newspaper subsidy

    Basic mail delivery and collection will change from five to three days a week across the country. At the same time, state aid will be introduced to safeguard newspaper delivery in sparsely populated areas.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    26 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 13/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming central government regional administration

    Central government regional administration will be reformed by merging the Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and parts of the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a new nationwide Licensing and Supervisory Agency. At the same time, the current ELY Centres will be replaced by new vitality centres from 1 January 2026.

    Juha Viitala: Yes
    19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes
    153 jaa
    32 ei
  8. HE 79/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Postponing the start of sustainability reporting

    The obligation for large companies to start statutory sustainability reporting will be postponed by two years. The first reports will only have to be prepared for the financial year 2027, but companies may report earlier voluntarily if they wish.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    6 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 78/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening financial steering of wellbeing services counties

    The state will introduce an anticipatory financial steering procedure for wellbeing services counties whose financial management is at risk. At the same time, the threshold for initiating an assessment procedure for a wellbeing services county will be lowered, and the possibility of examining mergers of counties will be accelerated.

    Juha Viitala: No
    18 Dec 2024 · 5 votes
    106 jaa
    90 ei
  10. HE 120/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Restricting municipal wage subsidies

    Wage subsidies paid to municipalities will be restricted so that they are granted only for hiring persons with partial work ability or long-term unemployed persons aged 60 or over. At the same time, employment service and compulsory work duties during states of emergency under the Emergency Powers Act will be transferred to the new employment authorities.

    Juha Viitala: No
    17 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    54 ei
  11. HE 139/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming fund operations and supervision

    New liquidity management tools will be introduced for mutual funds and alternative investment funds, and rules on granting loans will be clarified. At the same time, reporting obligations for fund management companies and fund managers, as well as the supervision of outsourcing, will be harmonised with EU regulation.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 133/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Digital education and career planning service

    A new national digital service, Osaamispolku, will be established in Finland to support citizens in their education and career choices and in developing their competence. The service will bring together education and labour market data and offer AI-based suggestions according to the user's interests and skills.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits

    Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 65/2025 vpPassed

    Continued use of eastern rolling stock

    Rolling stock complying with eastern standards could be used in domestic timber and chemical transport until the end of 2028. At the same time, safety supervision of new tramway and metro projects would be increased as early as the design phase.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 127/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Lowering elderly care staffing ratio

    The statutory minimum staffing ratio for 24-hour care for older people will decrease to 0.6 workers per client from the beginning of 2025. The previous plan to raise the staffing ratio to 0.7 workers is cancelled completely.

    Juha Viitala: No
    28 Nov 2024 · 8 votes
    115 jaa
    50 ei
  16. 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.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  17. HE 213/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming compulsory education admissions

    Young people will be able to complete compulsory education temporarily at a youth workshop if a study place is not found immediately. In addition, young people in compulsory education will be given priority in upper secondary student admissions in the joint application system.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  18. 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.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  19. HE 14/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Safeguarding essential functions during strikes

    Trade unions will be placed under an obligation to safeguard essential functions during strikes, such as human life, health, and safety. If the duty of care is breached, a court may prohibit the industrial action and employers may order employees to perform emergency work in acute emergencies.

    Juha Viitala: Absent
    28 May 2025 · 6 votes
    83 jaa
    69 ei
  20. 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.

    Juha Viitala: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
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