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Johannes KoskinenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 298/2022 vpPassed
Postponing tighter elderly care staffing ratios
The full entry into force of the minimum staffing ratio of 0.7 employees in 24-hour care for older people will be postponed until December 2023. From the beginning of April 2023, however, the staffing requirement will rise temporarily to 0.65 employees per client.
Johannes Koskinen: Absent26 Jan 2023 · 16 votes119 jaa38 ei - HE 213/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming consumer product and service safety
Regulation on the safety of consumer products and consumer services will be reformed and separated into distinct acts. The reform will implement the EU General Product Safety Regulation and update the safety requirements for consumer services.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 12/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter regulation of electric scooters
A blood alcohol limit of 0.5 per mille will be introduced for electric scooters and similar motorised micromobility devices, and commercial hire of them will require a municipal permit. The police will have the right to breathalyse riders, and municipalities will be able to restrict the speed, number and parking of rental scooters.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded30 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 101/2026 vpIn progress
Salmonella compensation fund for pig farms
A salmonella compensation fund for the pig sector will be established in Finland to compensate farms for decontamination costs and financial losses caused by the disease. The fund will be financed mainly through annual fees collected from pig farmers and initial capital provided by the state.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 148/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Offshore wind tenders for group companies
Multiple companies from the same corporate group will be able to take part in competitive tenders for wind power in Finnish marine areas. The earlier restriction will be removed so that the regulations comply with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded2 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementary budget for 2025
The supplementary budget for 2025, meaning 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.
Johannes Koskinen: Abstained24 Mar 2025 · 3 votes - HE 182/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of child welfare
The current legislation will be replaced by a new act that shifts the focus of support for children and families from heavy measures to early basic services. The threshold for becoming a child welfare client will be raised, and child welfare institutions may recruit their own security personnel.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 246/2026 vpIn progress
Preserving DigiFinland's in-house entity status
Wellbeing services counties and the state will continue to be able to procure digital health and social services from DigiFinland Oy without tendering. An exemption from the 10 per cent minimum ownership requirement under the Public Procurement Act will be laid down for the company.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 244/2026 vpIn progress
Grant-funded athletes' pension and accident cover
Athletes receiving a grant will receive statutory pension and accident cover in the same way as grant recipients in science and the arts. Insurance will be taken out from Mela (the Farmers' Social Insurance Institution) if the awarded grant exceeds the threshold laid down by law.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 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.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 235/2026 vpIn progress
Facilitating electronic transfer of study data
The electronic transfer and use of data recorded in study and degree registers between authorities will be facilitated. Data on people who have studied elsewhere in Finland can directly be transferred through the systems for student admissions to continuing studies in Åland.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 234/2026 vpIn progress
Disclosing church data to estate register
Population data held by churches will be transferred electronically directly to authorities to determine the parties to deceased estates. This will eliminate the need to order separate paper certificates of civil status from the church for estate inventories.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 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.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 132/2024 vpPassed
Broadening substitute social worker eligibility
A person who holds a relevant higher education degree in social services or social sciences and has completed basic and intermediate studies in social work may also serve as a substitute social worker. The reform will ease the shortage of staff in the social services sector and in child welfare in particular.
Johannes Koskinen: No22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote95 jaa67 ei - HE 111/2024 vpPassed
Reducing administrative burden in early childhood education and care
Municipalities and private early childhood education and care providers will no longer be required to draw up local early childhood education and care plans or to report staff continuing education to the national data repository. The reform aims to reduce the administrative burden of early childhood education and care and save working time.
Johannes Koskinen: No22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote92 jaa68 ei - HE 98/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding covert police investigation methods
Authorities will be granted the right to conduct covert searches and use participating information sources in the investigation of serious offences. At the same time, the rules on remanding criminal suspects in custody will be reformed and clarified.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 23/2025 vpPassed
Raising special risk export guarantee authorisations
The maximum amount of special risk-taking export guarantees granted by Finnvera will be raised from 8 billion euros to 12 billion euros. The amendment secures access to financing for large export projects of Finnish companies.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded15 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 115/2025 vpPassed
More effective child maintenance reviews
Kela will notify wellbeing services counties if a liable parent's income has changed substantially while maintenance support is being paid. Based on the notifications, wellbeing services counties will take action to increase or reduce the amount of child maintenance.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded21 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 114/2025 vpPassed
Permanent price caps for Kela taxis
Maximum price regulation for taxi journeys reimbursed by Kela will be made permanent from the start of 2027. The change will ensure equal access to care for patients and keep travel costs predictable.
Johannes Koskinen: No vote recorded19 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote