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- HE 40/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Boosting recycling and separate waste collection
The legislative reform tightens waste recycling targets and extends sorting and separate collection obligations for residential properties. The transport of separately collected waste will become the responsibility of the municipality, and the cost liability of packaging producers will be increased.
Pia Viitanen: Absent24 Jun 2021 · 9 votesClosest vote · Pöydällepanon ajankohta, Katja Taimela / Timo Heinonen
33 jaa23 ei - HE 265/2020 vpPassed
Curbing electricity distribution price increases
The cap on annual electricity distribution price increases will be cut, and the timetable for electricity network companies' security of supply investments will be extended. The changes are intended to protect electricity consumers from large and rapid distribution fee increases.
Pia Viitanen: Absent24 Jun 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Heikki Vestman
33 jaa22 ei - HE 91/2021 vpPassed
Extending higher education Covid-19 exceptions
Higher education students would be able to register as absent during their first academic year if the coronavirus epidemic prevents them from beginning their studies. In addition, delays in teaching arrangements caused by the pandemic would be compensated to students through additional time to complete their degree.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded18 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 226/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Prosecuting threats against work and office
An illegal threat made because of work duties or a public position of trust will become subject to public prosecution if the perpetrator is outside the work community. Initiating a preliminary investigation and bringing charges will no longer require a demand for punishment from the victim.
Pia Viitanen: Absent18 Jun 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · Mietintö / Sebastian Tynkkynen , lausumaehdotus
42 jaa11 ei - HE 206/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Adding fingerprints to identity cards
Fingerprints will begin to be added to identity cards in the same way as to passports, and the data will also be stored in an official register. Fingerprints given once can subsequently be used interchangeably when applying for both passports and identity cards.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded11 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 4/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Criminal record checks in short-term employment
Employers will be able to check the criminal background of persons working with children also in employment relationships lasting under three months. Requesting a criminal record extract will be based on the employer's own discretion and risk assessment, and will not be mandatory.
Pia Viitanen: Yes8 Jun 2021 · 5 votesClosest vote · Mietintö / Jukka Mäkynen
32 jaa23 ei - HE 106/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding EU criminal record exchange
Finland will introduce a shared EU information system to identify previous criminal convictions of third-country nationals in member states. Authorities will receive information on convictions handed down in other EU countries considerably faster than before.
Pia Viitanen: Yes21 Dec 2022 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sebastian Tynkkynen 4
129 jaa43 ei - HE 41/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving accessibility of products and services
Many everyday products and digital services must become accessible and easy to use also for persons with disabilities and older people. In addition, people will be able to send emergency SMS messages to the general emergency number without prior registration.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming rail markets and track charges
Rules on rail services, track charges and capacity allocation will be reformed to meet EU requirements. The changes will promote competition in rail transport and strengthen market oversight.
Pia Viitanen: No27 Nov 2015 · 1 vote108 jaa54 ei - HE 89/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Supplement to the 2020 budget
Supplementary proposal to the budget proposal for 2020 (HE 29/2019 vp), comprising adjustments made by the Government to the budget proposal after its submission. It is considered together with the main budget proposal.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded20 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 146/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming cross-border corporate restructurings
Finnish limited liability companies will be able to transfer their registered office to another EEA state or from another state to Finland without winding up the company. At the same time, regulation on cross-border acquisitions and divisions will be harmonised, and regulatory oversight to prevent abuses will be tightened.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 134/2022 vpPassed
Distributing Brexit support to Finnish businesses
Finland will deploy the EU's Brexit Adjustment Reserve to support businesses adversely affected by the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU. Aid will be granted as business development aid through the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment).
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 71/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Adjusting after-care age limits
The final payout age for child welfare independent living allowance will rise to 25 and the definition of a young person will expand to cover 18–24-year-olds. At the same time, it is clarified that extended after-care applies to children and young people who are receiving support at the start of 2020.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 83/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Raising the age limit for extended unemployment benefits
The minimum age limit for additional days of unemployment security for persons born in 1961 and later will rise from 61 to 62 years. At the same time, the upper age limit for unemployment benefits and insurance contributions will be linked to the retirement age.
Pia Viitanen: Yes16 Dec 2019 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mia Laiho
131 jaa26 ei - HE 68/2021 vpPassed
Second supplementary budget for 2021
The second supplementary budget for 2021, introducing amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and the opposition's dissenting proposals.
Pia Viitanen: Yes31 May 2021 · 17 votes - HE 259/2020 vpPassed
Strengthening the role of occupational physiotherapists
Physiotherapists qualified in occupational health care will be defined as occupational health care professionals rather than experts. The reform will strengthen multiprofessional cooperation and the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in workplaces.
Pia Viitanen: Absent31 May 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · 3 §, mietintö / Mia Laiho
32 jaa23 ei - HE 83/2021 vpPassed
Supplementing the second 2021 supplementary budget
A supplementary proposal to the second supplementary budget for 2021 (HE 68/2021 vp), providing the Government's specifications to the budget amendments for the current year. It is considered together with the main supplementary budget proposal.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded28 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 69/2021 vpPassed
Extending VAT exemption on coronavirus supplies
The exemption from value added tax (VAT) for goods used to combat, test for and treat the coronavirus will be extended until the end of 2021. The goods can continue to be purchased and imported tax-free.
Pia Viitanen: Yes27 May 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 c §, mietintö / Matias Marttinen
32 jaa22 ei - HE 46/2019 vpPassed
Expanding grounds for interrupting studies
Students at the Emergency Services Academy will be able to interrupt their studies or defer starting them for the duration of military service, non-military service, and family leave without losing their place of study. The change aligns the rules of the Emergency Services Academy with other educational institutions.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded28 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 233/2022 vpPassed
Temporary increase in housing allowance heating costs
Heating costs and detached house maintenance expenses taken into account in the general housing allowance will be temporarily increased in 2023 due to expensive energy. In addition, Kela will be able to transfer housing allowance payments directly to the landlord more easily if a tenant accrues rent arrears.
Pia Viitanen: No vote recorded7 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote