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Raija VahasaloEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 185/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining entry for NATO forces
Entry procedures for soldiers, vessels and aircraft from NATO member states and other allies will be speeded up and made more flexible. At the same time, the rules applied to international military assistance and training exercises in Finland will be clarified.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded20 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 126/2025 vpPassed
Increasing transfers from the pension fund
More money from the State Pension Fund will be transferred to the state budget to pay pension expenditure. The change will reduce the central government's need to take on new debt.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded14 Nov 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Dissenting opinion
102 jaa75 ei - HE 110/2024 vpPassed
Increasing central government transfers to municipalities
The central government transfer rate for basic municipal public services will be raised to 25.02 per cent from the beginning of 2025. The increase covers in particular the provision of public employment services (TE services) and integration duties transferred from the state to municipalities.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded18 Dec 2024 · 4 votes129 jaa67 ei - HE 3/2025 vpPassed
Repair shops' access to vehicle security data
Independent car repair shops and their employees will be able to order a criminal record extract to prove their reliability and obtain authorisation to access protected vehicle security information. At the same time, the authorities will receive the right to check the background information of vehicle inspectors directly from the fine register.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 1/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Licensing the export of cartridge components
Exports of firearm cartridge components, such as cartridge cases, bullets and powder, outside the European Union will become subject to a licence. Exporting them without a licence will be made a punishable offence.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 134/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending the care guarantee for adults
Waiting times for adults to access non-urgent primary healthcare and dental care will be extended. The existing shorter waiting times will remain in place for children and young people under 23 years of age.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 5 votes109 jaa56 ei - 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.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 210/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing health and social services preparedness
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the wellbeing services counties maintaining university hospitals would be granted powers to lead health and social services during extensive disruptions and states of emergency. At the same time, a national preparedness group would be established to support decision-making and the transfer of resources between areas.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 141/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising reduced VAT to 14 per cent
Value added tax (VAT) on medicines, books, passenger transport, and cultural and sports services will rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent at the beginning of 2025. At the same time, the tax rate on menstrual products, children's nappies and incontinence products will fall from 25.5 per cent to 14 per cent.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded29 Nov 2024 · 5 votes87 jaa67 ei - HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 125/2024 vpPassed
Raising minimum age for Kela benefits
The minimum age for the national pension, guarantee pension, rehabilitation allowance and sickness allowance paid by Kela will rise from 16 to 18 years. The change aligns the age limits for social security benefits with the end of compulsory education and the age at which parents' maintenance liability ends.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · 7 votes113 jaa47 ei - HE 124/2024 vpPassed
Tightening young persons' rehabilitation allowance
The conditions for vocational rehabilitation for young people will be clarified, and rehabilitation allowance will as a rule no longer be paid for the duration of Nuotti coaching. In addition, young persons' rehabilitation allowance will become subject to a needs test during educational institution holiday periods, and earned income will begin to reduce the benefit paid.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes114 jaa48 ei - HE 99/2024 vpPassed
Implementing the EU carbon border mechanism
Provisions required by the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism on the sale of emission certificates, guarantees and supervision will be introduced in Finland. Finnish Customs will begin granting the necessary authorisations to importers and supervise compliance with obligations.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 68/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Minimum salary for worker residence permits
A new monthly minimum salary threshold of 1,600 euros will be set for workers arriving in Finland on a residence permit for an employed person. A residence permit can no longer be granted for work where the monthly salary paid falls below this threshold.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded20 Nov 2024 · 6 votes91 jaa68 ei - HE 53/2024 vpPassed
Preventing instrumentalised migration at the border
In exceptional situations, Finland could prevent the entry of asylum seekers and turn them away immediately at the border if a foreign state uses them as an instrument of pressure. However, applications could still be accepted, for example, from children or persons in a particularly vulnerable position.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded15 Jul 2024 · 2 votes167 jaa31 ei - HE 34/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding wilderness inspectors' powers
Wilderness inspectors of Metsähallitus (the state forest enterprise) and other supervisory authorities will gain the right to inspect the backpacks and other carried items of hunters and fishers if they are suspected of having breached the rules. In addition, failing to obey an order or a stop signal given by a wilderness inspector will become a punishable offence.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded19 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Veronika Honkasalo
142 jaa17 ei - HE 145/2026 vpIn progress
Easier smoking bans for housing companies
Housing companies will receive the right to ban smoking on residents' balconies and inside apartments by their own decision without a municipal permit process. At the same time, the sale of CBD and certain other cannabinoids in tobacco products and tobacco substitutes will be prohibited.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 ei - HE 4/2025 vpPassed
Import licences for cultural goods
The Finnish Heritage Agency will start issuing import licences for valuable and old cultural goods imported into Finland from outside the EU. The reform aims to combat illicit trade in cultural goods.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 214/2024 vpPassed
Reforming eastern border fence compensation
Compensation paid to landowners for permanent barriers and the barrier fence in the border zone will be decided by an expropriation committee of the National Land Survey of Finland instead of the Finnish Border Guard. The change will speed up and harmonise the assessment of compensation by drawing on the real estate expertise of the National Land Survey of Finland.
Raija Vahasalo: No vote recorded27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote