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Antti KaikkonenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 279/2022 vpPassed
Taxing indirect real estate capital gains
Finland will begin taxing capital gains made by foreign investors in situations where real estate located in Finland is sold indirectly through shares in another company. The change strengthens the tax base and enables the full exercise of taxing rights under tax treaties.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded9 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 187/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming civil service cooling-off rules
The cooling-off period for senior state leadership and key personnel in the Finnish Defence Forces can be extended to up to one year, and special advisers to ministers will be required to declare their private interests. At the same time, it will be made easier for a civil servant dismissed on production-related or financial grounds to be employed by another state agency without an open application procedure.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes28 Apr 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 44 a § 3 momentti, mietintö / Riikka Purra, Mari-Leena Talvitie
97 jaa72 ei - HE 87/2022 vpPassed
Criminalising enforced disappearance
Finland will accede to the UN convention protecting people from enforced disappearance. At the same time, a new penal provision will be added to the Criminal Code on disappearances carried out by authorities or with their consent.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded25 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 200/2022 vpPassed
Simplifying association administration and accounting
Financial management and administration in small associations will be eased and streamlined. The smallest associations will be permitted to keep simpler accounts than under the Accounting Act, and electronic procedures can be used more flexibly in association decision-making.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded17 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 119/2022 vpPassed
Flexible export credits and risk management
Finnvera and Finnish Export Credit will receive more flexible means to manage the interest rate and credit risks of export and ship credits. The amendment will streamline the granting of public export financing, particularly when commercial banks do not offer financing.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded17 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 96/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Extending transition periods for health data environments
The introduction of the secure operating environments required for research and other secondary use of health and social data will be postponed by one year until May 2022. The entry into force of the notification procedure for significant health findings made in research will also be postponed until the beginning of 2024.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded2 Jul 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 124/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing the unemployment activation model
Unemployment benefit will decrease by 4.65 per cent if an unemployed person does not work sufficiently or participate in employment services during a three-month monitoring period. At the same time, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be shortened from seven days to five days.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes22 Dec 2017 · 5 votes103 jaa90 ei - HE 120/2020 vpPassed
Travel bankruptcy compensation for cancelled trips
The state can compensate passengers for payments for trips cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic and received travel vouchers if a tour operator goes bankrupt. Compensation will be paid when claims cannot be covered by the tour operator's securities.
Antti Kaikkonen: Absent2 Oct 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Juhana Vartiainen
32 jaa24 ei - HE 114/2015 vpPassed
Ending ministry confirmation of regional plans
Regional land use plans and joint municipal master plans will no longer need to be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for confirmation. Plans will enter into force directly on the basis of local decisions, and related appeals will be handled by the administrative courts.
Antti Kaikkonen: Absent18 Dec 2015 · 2 votes151 jaa20 ei - HE 251/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining planning and building permits
Regulation and permit processes for planning and construction are eased. The reform would speed up plan amendments, facilitate construction, and expand location opportunities for large retail units.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes7 Apr 2017 · 7 votes109 jaa46 ei - HE 61/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing military offence investigations
The Defence Command of the Finnish Defence Forces and the police will be granted the right to initiate pre-trial investigations of military offences independently, without an order from a unit's disciplinary superior. In addition, the Finnish Defence Forces will be granted the right to receive executive assistance for criminal investigations from the police, the Finnish Border Guard and Finnish Customs.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded17 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 25/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing supervision of animal transport
Animal transport supervision will be stepped up by granting Finnish Customs the right to inspect transports and by requiring a journey log for the export of reindeer and fur animals. In addition, the boundary between commercial activity and private hobby activities will be clarified.
Antti Kaikkonen: Absent16 Jun 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa
32 jaa24 ei - HE 159/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining research use of health data
Health and social services client data can be utilised more easily and quickly for purposes such as scientific research, statistics and innovation activities. Data permits and the combining of datasets will be centralised under a single authority, and data will be processed in supervised, secure data environments.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes12 Apr 2019 · 1 vote92 jaa80 ei - HE 24/2019 vpPassed
Changes to income taxation for 2020
Taxation of earned income will be eased for 2020 through index adjustments and by raising the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. At the same time, the household expenses tax credit will be reduced and the mortgage interest tax deduction will begin to be phased out.
Antti Kaikkonen: Absent17 Dec 2019 · 9 votes126 jaa34 ei - HE 26/2022 vpPassed
Supplementing the 2022 supplementary budget
A supplementary proposal to the supplementary budget proposal for 2022 (HE 2/2022 vp), containing the Government's adjustments to the budget changes for the current year. It is considered together with the main supplementary budget proposal.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded11 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2019 vpPassed
Repealing the unemployment security activation model
The unemployment security activation model will be dismantled completely. Unemployed people will no longer need to work a minimum amount or participate in employment services to keep their unemployment benefits at the full rate.
Antti Kaikkonen: Absent13 Dec 2019 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 1, mietintö / Mia Laiho
98 jaa62 ei - HE 252/2022 vpPassed
Automatically extending residence permits for Ukrainians
Temporary protection residence permits for people who have fled the war in Ukraine will remain valid automatically without a separate application for an extension for as long as protection continues in the European Union. The validity of issued residence permit cards will also continue by operation of law.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes21 Dec 2022 · 3 votesClosest vote · Perustelut, mietintö / Mari Rantanen
100 jaa71 ei - HE 167/2022 vpPassed with amendments
A new forestry support scheme
State subsidies for private forest owners would be reformed under a new seven-year incentive scheme. Support for seedling stand management could be applied for after the work is completed, and instead of ditching peatland forests, support would be provided for water protection and comprehensive planning.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 43/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening conditions for family reunification
Conditions for family reunification for recipients of international protection will be tightened by requiring applicants to have secure means of support. Those granted asylum can only apply to bring their family to Finland without an income threshold if the application is submitted within three months of the protection decision.
Antti Kaikkonen: Yes27 Jun 2016 · 3 votes102 jaa67 ei - HE 165/2020 vpRejected
Banning smoking in closed prisons
Smoking will be banned entirely in closed prisons, both indoors and outdoors. In open institutions, smoking will continue to be permitted outdoors.
Antti Kaikkonen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2022 · rejected without a vote