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Jani KokkoEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 228/2022 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be reduced by raising the income thresholds used to determine fees by 33 per cent. The change will lower early childhood education and care fees particularly for middle-income families and make early childhood education and care free of charge for more families.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded20 Dec 2022 · 5 votes121 jaa31 ei - HE 116/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising fairway dues on merchant vessels
Fairway dues on merchant vessels operating in Finnish waters will be increased by 75.2 per cent from the beginning of 2025. The halving of fairway dues in force since 2015 will end in order to balance central government finances.
Jani Kokko: Absent29 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jouni Ovaska
130 jaa26 ei - HE 115/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Ending subsidies for new forest roads
The state will end support granted for the construction of new forest roads, but the basic improvement of existing roads will continue to be supported. In addition, an application for forestry support may be deferred to the following year or rejected if appropriations run out.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 96/2024 vpPassed
Reforming general staff officer training
The separate postgraduate degree of general staff officer will be abolished and replaced with a continuing education course at the National Defence University. The reform will shorten officers' study time and improve the compatibility of the education system with NATO countries.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 84/2024 vpPassed
Enhancing food market supervision and transparency
The rights of the Food Market Ombudsman to obtain information from grocery trade operators and public contracting entities will be expanded to monitor market functioning. At the same time, prohibitions on cancelling food orders and on unjustified payments will be clarified to improve the position of primary producers.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 25/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing purchase subsidies for hydrogen vehicles
State purchase subsidies will begin to be granted for the purchase or leasing of hydrogen-powered vans and lorries. At the same time, subsidy terms for electric and gas-powered commercial vehicles will be updated to comply with EU state aid rules.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded24 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 174/2022 vpPassed
Temporary cut to fuel distribution obligation
The distribution obligation for the renewable share of transport fuels is temporarily reduced for 2023 to ease fuel price pressures. The emission reductions not achieved will be made up for by raising the distribution obligation between 2024 and 2030.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded12 Dec 2022 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mari Rantanen 1
99 jaa72 ei - HE 88/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising government grants into one repository
Applications, administration and public information concerning discretionary government grants will be brought together into shared online services and a repository for the entire central government administration. Citizens and organisations will be able to apply for and browse discretionary government grants awarded by different authorities at the same web addresses.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded7 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 49/2022 vpPassed
Enabling EU Asylum Agency assistance
Finland will be able to request and receive expert assistance from the European Union Agency for Asylum, for example in situations of large-scale entry. The agency's experts will be able to assist Finnish authorities in registering asylum seekers and examining applications.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded21 Jun 2022 · 1 vote108 jaa39 ei - HE 74/2024 vpPassed
Extending US defence research agreement
Finland and the United States will extend the validity of their agreement on the exchange of defence research and development information until 2040. At the same time, technical and administrative updates will be made to the agreement.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 122/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Remote work accident compensation for state employees
Accident cover for state civil servants and employees would be extended during remote work. Compensation would also be paid, for example, for injuries sustained during breaks on a remote working day or while taking a child to or from day care.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded2 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 148/2024 vpPassed
Transferring Eures duties to KEHA
The admission of private operators to the European Eures employment services network will be transferred from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to the KEHA Centre. The change is linked to the wider reform of the public employment services (TE services).
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded20 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 230/2021 vpPassed
COVID-19 vaccine requirement in healthcare
Health and social services workers will be required to have COVID-19 vaccination or protection conferred by prior illness if they work in close contact with clients or patients belonging to risk groups. Employers may check employees' health data and, if necessary, suspend the payment of wages if an employee does not have the required protection and no other work is available.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded29 Dec 2021 · 4 votes107 jaa32 ei - HE 1/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Ensuring continuity of nature conservation areas
Technical flaws will be corrected in the new Nature Conservation Act before it enters into force. The corrections will ensure that protection of nature conservation areas in Ruunaa and Central Ostrobothnia continues without interruption.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded17 May 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 238/2022 vpPassed
Exemptions from building energy inspections
Provisions will be added to the act on when certain buildings are exempt from mandatory energy efficiency inspections of heating and air-conditioning systems. The amendment supplements the implementation of an EU directive and concludes the infringement procedure concerning Finland.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 202/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening corporate interest deduction rules
Companies' ability to deduct interest expenses in taxation using the balance sheet comparison will be restricted if interest is paid to significant owners. At the same time, companies carrying out public infrastructure projects will be permitted wider deduction of interest expenses.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded21 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 89/2024 vpPassed
Expanding access to built environment data
Several central government authorities would be granted the right to retrieve confidential information required for performing their duties from the built environment information system. The change would ensure a smooth flow of information between authorities as the methods for delivering building data change.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded12 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2024 vpPassed
Third supplementary budget for 2024
The third supplementary budget for 2024, that is, amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Jani Kokko: No11 Nov 2024 · 13 votes - HE 13/2023 vpPassed
KKV powers to monitor foreign subsidies
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) would receive powers to carry out inspections and assist the European Commission in supervising business subsidies granted by non-EU countries. The agency would also act as the national contact point for transmitting information to the Commission.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded30 Oct 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving access to pay security
Victims of severe work-related exploitation will be granted more time to apply for unpaid wages through the state pay security scheme. At the same time, the processing of pay claims based on court decisions and settlements will be clarified, and the pay security authority's access to information will be expanded.
Jani Kokko: No vote recorded9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote