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Oskari ValtolaEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 243/2026 vpIn progress
Harmonising the assessment of medicines
The proposal streamlines and harmonises the national assessment and adoption of new hospital medicines so that treatments reach patients more equitably across the country. In addition, hospital pharmacies will be granted the possibility to dispense certain medicines needed for serious illnesses to patients where Kela reimbursement cannot be granted.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 242/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming pharmaceutical preparedness and hospital pharmacies
The proposal clarifies the provision and receipt of international assistance concerning medicinal products as well as the transfer of medicinal products in crisis situations. In addition, the operations of hospital pharmacies will be updated to suit wellbeing services counties, and the reuse of single-use medical devices will be permitted under certain conditions.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 233/2026 vpIn progress
Safeguarding education during disruptions
The act provides for new operating procedures to safeguard the operations of schools, early childhood education and care, and liberal adult education during various serious disruptions. In basic education, a temporary switch to remote teaching can be made where necessary, and day-care centres can apply flexible staffing ratios without emergency conditions under the Emergency Powers Act.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 224/2026 vpIn progress
Enhancing election arrangements and funding oversight
Electoral legislation will be reformed by improving the operational reliability of elections during disruptions and by making voting in concurrent elections easier with clearer ballot papers. In addition, the powers of the National Audit Office of Finland to supervise election funding and campaign debts will be expanded.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded7 Jun 2022 · 4 votes121 jaa42 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 7 votes150 jaa47 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 18 votes101 jaa96 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes18 Dec 2024 · 13 votes130 jaa67 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded26 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes16 Dec 2024 · 1 vote112 jaa56 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - 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.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes9 Dec 2024 · 1 vote122 jaa58 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Absent30 Apr 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Dissenting opinion
133 jaa28 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes20 Dec 2023 · 9 votes99 jaa47 ei - 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.
Oskari Valtola: Yes29 Nov 2024 · 1 vote107 jaa49 ei - HE 190/2026 vpIn progress
Extending product liability to digital products
Product liability will be extended to cover software, digital files and the loss of personal data. Consumers' opportunities to receive compensation for damage caused by defective products will also be facilitated by easing the burden of proof.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 107/2026 vpIn progress
Digitalising estate administration
Managing the affairs of a deceased loved one would be made easier by bringing estate inventories and inheritance taxation into an electronic service. At the same time, the deadline for completing an estate inventory would be extended from three to six months.
Oskari Valtola: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet