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- HE 125/2026 vpIn progress
Streamlining private road administration and decision-making
The administration of private roads will be eased and the right of shareholders to access information from road maintenance associations will be improved. At the same time, the construction of minor electricity and fibre-optic connections will be accelerated and the removal of unauthorised barriers from roads will be made easier.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 15/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening taxi sector regulation
Regulation of the taxi sector will be tightened by introducing mandatory taximeters, dedicated taxi registration plates and mandatory training for drivers. At the same time, new criminal convictions will be added as grounds for refusing licences to taxi entrepreneurs and drivers.
Tuula Väätäinen: Yes12 Jun 2026 · 8 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
157 jaa13 ei - HE 109/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting activation plans for rehabilitative work
Activation plans for rehabilitative work activities will only be drawn up for unemployed persons whose primary income is social assistance. For recipients of unemployment benefits, services will be organised according to individual need through a multidisciplinary employment plan.
Tuula Väätäinen: No17 Dec 2025 · 2 votes95 jaa76 ei - HE 92/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying criteria for disability services
A provision will be added to the Disability Services Act to help distinguish the need for assistance typical of a stage of life from a specific need for support resulting from a disability. Disability services will be granted in situations where the need for support differs from that typical of people of the same age and general social services are insufficient.
Tuula Väätäinen: Absent16 Dec 2025 · 6 votes93 jaa70 ei - HE 30/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting logging during bird nesting season
Obligations and restrictions will be added to the Forest Act and the Nature Conservation Act to safeguard bird nesting in forestry. Timber harvesting will be prohibited during the bird nesting season in lush deciduous-dominated forests, spruce mires and riparian forests, and trees important to birds must be retained during logging.
Tuula Väätäinen: Yes27 May 2026 · 3 votesClosest vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Anne Kalmarin ehdotus EI
140 jaa25 ei - HE 169/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Digitalising and centralising public administration archiving
A new Archiving Act will be enacted in Finland, bringing public administration archiving into the digital age and centralising permanently preserved electronic data in the National Archives of Finland. The reform makes it easier to find public authority materials and enables municipalities and wellbeing services counties to transfer their electronic archives into the central government's shared repository.
Tuula Väätäinen: Absent26 May 2026 · 5 votes115 jaa54 ei - HE 34/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Tackling problems in housing companies
Housing companies will receive better means to tackle nuisances from short-term letting and other housing disruptions, as well as take possession of flats using electronic service of notice. In addition, the controlled winding-down of struggling housing companies will be made lighter, and the division of maintenance responsibilities will be clarified.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded3 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 16/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Opening the gambling market to competition
Finland's gambling system will be partially opened to competition by moving to a licensing system where companies can offer online gambling under a licence granted by the supervisory authority. Part of gambling, such as lotteries and physical slot machines, will remain the exclusive right of the state-owned company Veikkaus.
Tuula Väätäinen: Yes19 Dec 2025 · 19 votes158 jaa9 ei - HE 112/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the second 2026 supplementary budget
The Government's supplementary proposal to the second supplementary budget for 2026 (HE 102/2026). It updates the supplementary budget proposal before Parliament decides on it; it will be considered together with the actual supplementary budget.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded23 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 43/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming insurance company solvency and supervision
Solvency, supervision and risk management regulation for insurance companies will be reformed in line with the EU Solvency II Directive. Simplified procedures will be introduced for small operators and the supervisory authority will be given new tools to intervene in market disruptions.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded23 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming banking regulation and supervision
Finnish legislation on credit institutions will be brought into line with the EU's latest banking package to improve the stability of the financial system. Banks will face new risk management obligations and supervisory authorities will be granted broader powers.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded23 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 3/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up defence plant construction
Permitting and construction of production plants important for national defence, such as ammunition and explosives factories, will be accelerated. New plants can be sited outside detailed plan areas under a separate siting permit without a slow planning process.
Tuula Väätäinen: Yes16 Apr 2026 · 3 votes147 jaa19 ei - HE 197/2025 vpPassed
Streamlining further training for nurses
Nurses will be able to qualify as paramedics, midwives and public health nurses through separate supplementary education without completing a second full university of applied sciences degree. Paramedic and public health nurse qualifications can still also be completed directly as an integrated programme in connection with nursing studies.
Tuula Väätäinen: Absent22 May 2026 · 3 votes91 jaa77 ei - HE 132/2025 vpPassed
Lowering taxes on transport fuels
Taxes on transport fuels will be lowered in 2026 and 2027. The change will reduce the price of petrol and diesel by about three cents per litre.
Tuula Väätäinen: No21 Nov 2025 · 2 votes107 jaa49 ei - HE 62/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening conditions for permanent residence permits
Obtaining a permanent residence permit in Finland will, as a rule, require six years of residence as well as skills in Finnish or Swedish and work experience. However, the permit can be obtained faster with sufficiently high income, excellent language skills or by completing a higher education degree in Finland.
Tuula Väätäinen: No2 Dec 2025 · 7 votes114 jaa56 ei - HE 156/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming right-of-occupancy restrictions and selection
Loss-making and underutilised right-of-occupancy buildings could be relinquished, allowing residents to buy their dwelling or remain as tenants. Paid queue numbers for housing applications would be abolished in favour of allocating homes in order of receipt of applications.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 26/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming enforcement of fines and forfeitures
The ordering of conversion sentences for unpaid fines, the enforcement of forfeitures, and the granting of extensions to pay fines will be streamlined and digitalised. Those liable to pay will also be able to request an administrative review of decisions made by the Legal Register Centre.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing digital identity cards and wallets
Finland will introduce a phone-based digital identity card and a European digital identity wallet application. The reform will make it possible to prove identity, manage digital permits and certificates, and provide official electronic signatures using a mobile device.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded25 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 88/2026 vpPassed
Increasing Finland's IMF quota and guarantees
Finland's quota in the International Monetary Fund will be increased by 50 per cent to strengthen the global economy's crisis preparedness. The state will grant the Bank of Finland the necessary guarantees against potential losses arising from the arrangement.
Tuula Väätäinen: No vote recorded10 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 199/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Facilitating fixed-term employment contracts
Employers will be able to hire a new employee on a fixed-term employment contract for up to one year without a justified reason. In addition, the lay-off notice period will be shortened from 14 days to seven days, and the obligation to re-employ dismissed employees will be removed for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Tuula Väätäinen: Absent22 May 2026 · 1 vote93 jaa78 ei