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- HE 194/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming pension company management qualifications
The qualification and eligibility requirements for the management and administrative bodies of earnings-related pension insurance companies will be tightened and clarified. At the same time, it will be made easier to appoint financial sector experts to the administrative bodies of the companies, and the liability for damages of the Board of the Finnish Centre for Pensions will be specified.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 16/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending Kanta service transition periods
Health and social services providers will be given additional time to implement the new obligations of Kanta services. At the same time, the transfer of patient data between treatment facilities will be clarified and hospital social workers' right of access to information from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution) will be improved.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded23 May 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2022 vpPassed
Preventing and reducing school absenteeism
Schools will have to prevent pupil absences and intervene in them systematically rather than merely monitoring them. The reform aims to reduce school absenteeism and support pupils' schooling and wellbeing.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2024 vpPassed
Taking foreign business prohibitions into account
Business prohibitions imposed or business offences committed in another EEA country can in future be taken into account in Finland when considering a business prohibition against a person. Authorities will also begin exchanging information on valid business prohibitions with other EU and EEA countries.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded18 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 38/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting nicotine pouch sales and flavours
Nicotine pouches will be brought under the Tobacco Act, making their sale in shops subject to a licence and prohibiting online sales. Nicotine and flavour restrictions will be set for the products, and the possession of all tobacco substitutes will be prohibited for persons under 18 years of age.
Markku Siponen: Absent16 Oct 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Lotta Hamari
99 jaa76 ei - HE 206/2024 vpPassed
Emergency warnings by municipal health authorities
Municipal health protection authorities will be able to issue emergency warnings directly, for example in the event of drinking water contamination. The change will speed up warnings to residents and prevent illnesses during waterborne epidemics.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded20 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2024
The central government budget for 2024. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendment proposals before adopting the budget.
Markku Siponen: No20 Dec 2023 · 707 votes - HE 73/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming opening hours of state agencies
Rigid rules on opening hours for state agencies will be dismantled and opening hours made more flexible to better meet customers' needs. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will be enabled to use public administration joint service points.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 70/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Supervision of online platforms and digital services
Official oversight will be established in Finland to ensure compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act by internet intermediary services and online platforms. Authorities will monitor matters such as the transparency of online services, user protection, and the handling of illegal content.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 319/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Allowing two joint emergency departments
The wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo will be permitted to maintain two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments indefinitely without the previous time limit. In addition, the provisions on the choice of treatment facility will be clarified.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded8 Mar 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus 59 §, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso (moniste)
119 jaa42 ei - HE 288/2022 vpPassed
Clarifying derogation permits for protected game
The conditions for granting derogation permits for protected game animals will be clarified to correspond to the interpretation of EU law. A derogation permit may only be granted if it does not prevent the maintenance or achievement of a favourable conservation status for the species.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded8 Mar 2023 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jenni Pitko 2
64 jaa95 ei - HE 81/2023 vpPassed
Conformity assessment system for batteries
Finland will introduce rules supplementing the new EU Batteries Regulation on inspection activities for batteries and accumulators. The Ministry of the Environment will begin approving and supervising official conformity assessment bodies that inspect the safety and sustainability of batteries.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded15 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2023 vpPassed
Lending remuneration for e-books and e-audiobooks
Authors will begin to receive remuneration for the library use of e-books and e-audiobooks in the same way as traditional lending remuneration. The remuneration will also be extended to audiobook narrators.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded15 Dec 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 a §, mietintö / Eeva-Johanna Eloranta
94 jaa80 ei - HE 90/2026 vpIn progress
Legislating health and social service principles
Clear principles will be laid down in law on which treatments, examinations and services are included in publicly funded health and social services. The reform aims to improve the effectiveness of services and make choices more transparent and equal.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded2 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 29/2023 vpPassed
Introducing an EU emergency travel document
The new act will introduce a more secure emergency travel document that is uniform across all EU countries. The document will be issued for a single journey home to an EU citizen or their family member whose passport has been lost or stolen in a country outside the EU.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded11 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 92/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening police cooperation on Finnish-Swedish border
The Finnish and Swedish police will be able to cross the national border into each other's territory on urgent emergency calls. The operations will apply to serious situations threatening human life or health in the northern border area between the countries.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded3 May 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming and simplifying wage subsidies
The wage subsidy system will be clarified and subsidy rates harmonised to make it easier for unemployed people to find employment, especially in businesses. In addition, a new 70 per cent employment subsidy will be introduced for long-term unemployed people aged 55 and over.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded22 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2023 vpPassed
Protecting classified information with the Netherlands
Finland and the Netherlands will agree on common rules to protect classified information exchanged between the two countries. The arrangement will enable the secure transfer of sensitive information between authorities and companies.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded1 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 18/2023 vpPassed
Repealing intra-EU investment protection acts
Finland will repeal the old bilateral investment protection agreements with eleven EU countries. Investments between these countries will be protected directly through EU law and ordinary courts.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded29 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 281/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing a mining mineral tax
A new tax will be introduced in Finland on mining minerals and ores extracted from the ground. The majority of the collected tax revenues will be directed to the municipalities where mines are located, and the remainder to the state.
Markku Siponen: No vote recorded15 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote