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Pia Viitanen

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 214/2021 vpPassed

    Temporary increase in student income limits

    Students will be able to earn more wage income alongside student financial aid during 2022. The annual income limits for student financial aid will be temporarily increased by 25 per cent.

    Pia Viitanen: Yes
    13 Dec 2021 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Kaunisto

    86 jaa
    63 ei
  2. HE 144/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Peat tax exemption and floor price

    Taxation of fuel peat will be temporarily eased by expanding its tax-free use in power plants and heating plants in 2022–2029. At the same time, a floor price mechanism will be established to prevent an increase in the use of peat if emissions allowances become cheaper.

    Pia Viitanen: Yes
    13 Dec 2021 · 9 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 2

    105 jaa
    44 ei
  3. HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Tax reform for equity savings accounts

    A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.

    Pia Viitanen: No
    9 May 2019 · 15 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4

    96 jaa
    77 ei
  4. HE 175/2021 vpPassed

    Raising the threshold for low-alcohol beer

    The upper limit of the reduced tax category for low-alcohol beer will rise from 2.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent. Small producers will also be allowed to self-certify the small producer status required for EU exports.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 89/2021 vpPassed

    Expanding criminal liability for terrorism offences

    Participation in the activities of a terrorist group and incitement to terrorism offences will become more broadly punishable. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to use secret coercive measures and intelligence-gathering methods to prevent and investigate these offences.

    Pia Viitanen: Yes
    8 Dec 2021 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus 3 , mietintö / Jani Mäkelä

    84 jaa
    61 ei
  6. HE 201/2021 vpPassed

    Increasing unemployment insurance contributions for 2022

    Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will increase slightly from the start of 2022. The increase will secure the financing of unemployment benefits.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    1 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 153/2016 vpPassed

    Cutting the adult education allowance

    The amount of the adult education allowance will be reduced and its maximum duration shortened. At the same time, funding for the employee allowance will be transferred entirely from the state to the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

    Pia Viitanen: Yes
    18 Nov 2016 · 1 vote
    131 jaa
    12 ei
  8. HE 314/2018 vpLapsed

    Road tax for heavy goods vehicles

    A new time-based road tax will be introduced in Finland for heavy goods vehicles weighing over 12 tonnes. At the same time, vehicle tax on domestic lorries will be reduced so that their overall tax burden does not increase on average.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  9. HE 312/2018 vpLapsed

    Permitting surgery without round-the-clock emergency services

    Hospital districts will be able to organise and purchase elective surgery also in units that do not have round-the-clock joint emergency services. Strict quality requirements related to patient safety and emergency preparedness will nevertheless be set for these operations.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  10. HE 300/2018 vpLapsed

    Reforming electronic client data processing

    The processing of client data in health and social services will be reformed, and Kanta services will be expanded to cover social services as well. In healthcare, broad patient consent will be abandoned, and citizens will be given the opportunity to save their own wellbeing data in the national system.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  11. HE 289/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring transport duties to regions

    The transport duties and staff of the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) will be divided between the regions to be established, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the traffic control company. Regions will become responsible for regional road maintenance and public transport, but ownership of the highway network will remain with the state.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  12. HE 240/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring rescue services to regions

    Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  13. HE 93/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  14. HE 35/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Employment and economic development services and regional development tasks will be transferred from central government and regional councils to the new regions from the beginning of 2020. The services will transition to a multi-provider model where jobseekers and businesses can also choose services from private providers.

    Pia Viitanen: No
    18 Apr 2019 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen, puhemiesneuvosto / Mäkisalo-Ropponen

    104 jaa
    55 ei
  15. HE 14/2018 vpLapsed

    Regional duty transfers and new agency

    Duties of the state and municipalities will be transferred to new self-governing regions and to the State Licensing and Supervisory Agency to be established. The reform brings together the licensing and supervisory duties of the current Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira and the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a single agency.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  16. HE 200/2016 vpPassed

    Accession to the Paris Agreement

    Finland commits to the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit the increase in global temperature to well below two degrees. The agreement obliges the parties to set and tighten their emission reduction targets every five years.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    26 Oct 2016 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 157/2021 vpPassed

    Designating an EU cybersecurity coordination centre

    The National Cyber Security Centre at Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will be designated as Finland's national coordination centre for EU cybersecurity. The centre will bring together companies, researchers and authorities in the sector to cooperate and support them in making use of EU funding and projects.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    10 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 124/2021 vpPassed

    Enabling carbon offsetting as a business

    The provision of voluntary carbon offsetting services will be exempted from the requirements of the Money Collection Act. Companies and organisations will be able to offer and sell climate emissions compensation services without a money collection permit.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    9 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 172/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming seed sector regulation and supervision

    A new Seed Act will replace the previous Seed Trade Act and update the rules on seed quality, certification and trade. Authorities will gain new means to supervise the seed trade and intervene in non-compliant activities, including online.

    Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded
    25 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 309/2018 vpPassed

    Stricter fishing penalties and Lapland permits

    A person who unlawfully catches endangered fish will have to compensate the conservation value of the fish to the state. At the same time, residents of Enontekiö, Inari and Utsjoki will obtain the right to a seasonal permit for state-owned salmon and trout waters in their home municipality.

    Pia Viitanen: Yes
    21 Mar 2019 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Hanna Halmeenpää 1

    141 jaa
    30 ei