Search
Search understands meaning: “electricity prices” also finds bills worded differently. A number such as HE 78/2026 goes straight to the bill.
Try
2676 bills
Markus MustajärviEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 13/2022 vpPassed
Consent-based reform of sexual offences
The definition of rape and other sexual offences will become consent-based, making an act punishable whenever participation is not voluntary. At the same time, penalties for sexual offences against children will be tightened and criminal offences redefined.
Markus Mustajärvi: Yes5 Jul 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, valiokunnan ehdotus / Pihla Keto-Huovinen
87 jaa69 ei - HE 231/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming elderly home and housing services
Home care and housing services for older people and others in need of support will be reformed to improve their quality and availability. Home care will begin to be provided around the clock according to need, and long-term institutional care in social welfare for older people will be phased out over a transition period.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent5 Jul 2022 · 16 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 18 §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
88 jaa68 ei - HE 86/2022 vpPassed
Raising the road safety charge
The road safety charge paid by insurance companies will be increased to secure funding for road safety work. At the same time, the Finnish Motor Insurers' Centre will be designated as the body handling insolvency situations involving insurance companies.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 54/2022 vpPassed with amendments
More flexible compulsory education rules
Flexibility is introduced to completing compulsory education and related support so that a suitable educational path can be found for every young person. At the same time, foreign minors residing in the country solely for study purposes are excluded from compulsory education and free learning materials.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 14/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening consumer protection and telemarketing rules
A mandatory written confirmation will be introduced in telemarketing for a contract to be binding on the consumer. At the same time, consumer rights will be improved in sales discounts, online shopping and doorstep selling.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 67/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Allowing remote meetings in savings banks
Savings banks and mortgage societies will be able to hold their meetings in a hybrid format or entirely by remote access. This will enable trustees and members to participate fully in decision-making without being physically present.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded23 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 65/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Managing and supervising EU recovery funds
Rules will be established in Finland for the use, monitoring and supervision of EU recovery and resilience support. The reform will enable applying for and disbursing EU funding for domestic investments and projects.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded22 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 94/2015 vpPassed
Clarifying unemployment insurance and entrepreneur definitions
Liability to pay unemployment insurance contributions will be regulated independently without a link to occupational accident insurance. At the same time, the definition of an entrepreneur in the Unemployment Security Act will be clarified to correspond to concepts in pension legislation.
Markus Mustajärvi: No22 Dec 2015 · 6 votes140 jaa42 ei - HE 75/2022 vpPassed
Extraordinary index increase for basic benefits
An extraordinary increase will be made to several social benefits received by low-income people and to social assistance as of 1 August 2022 due to accelerated inflation. The change will improve the purchasing power of benefit recipients in a situation where food and energy prices in particular have risen sharply.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent21 Jun 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
116 jaa43 ei - HE 231/2016 vpPassed
Transferring students to general housing allowance
Students living in Finland will be transferred from the separate housing supplement to the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum acceptable housing costs under the general housing allowance will be reduced and frozen to achieve savings.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent21 Dec 2016 · 9 votes118 jaa45 ei - HE 147/2016 vpPassed
Emissions trading compensation for industry
Electricity-intensive industry could receive state support for higher electricity costs driven up by emissions trading. The aim of the aid is to maintain industrial competitiveness and prevent production from relocating outside the EU.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent20 Dec 2016 · 4 votes130 jaa29 ei - HE 79/2015 vpPassed
Cutting funding for education and culture
Index increments for central government transfers to education, liberal adult education, and museums, theatres and orchestras will be permanently frozen. At the same time, the guaranteed increase for depreciation in vocational education and training will be discontinued as the transitional period ends.
Markus Mustajärvi: No15 Dec 2015 · 1 vote117 jaa55 ei - HE 229/2016 vpPassed
Reforming student aid and increasing loans
The study grant for higher education students will be cut and the government guarantee for student loans will be increased, alongside students moving primarily under the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum aid period for higher education studies will be shortened and means-testing of student financial aid will be removed for some upper secondary students.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent19 Dec 2016 · 2 votes101 jaa64 ei - HE 238/2018 vpPassed
Abolishing the minimum capital requirement
Private limited liability companies could be established without minimum capital. The capital requirement for housing companies and the obligation for co-operatives to accumulate a reserve fund would also be abolished.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded24 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 247/2016 vpPassed
Freezing index increases in church funding
Price-level adjustments to state funding for the churches will be frozen for 2017–2019 as part of central government spending cuts. The amount of funding will be kept at the 2016 level for three years.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent14 Dec 2016 · 1 vote96 jaa63 ei - HE 29/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Raising and extending court fees
Court fees will increase, and several legal matters that were previously free of charge will become subject to a fee. The reform aims to better cover the costs of court proceedings and reduce unfounded appeals.
Markus Mustajärvi: No3 Dec 2015 · 5 votes110 jaa59 ei - HE 3/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming food control and regulation
Finland will introduce a new Food Act to streamline and clarify regulation and official control in the food sector. The focus of control will shift from premises to activities, and sector rules will be updated to comply with EU requirements.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded7 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 114/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Optional second national language experiment
A fixed-term experiment will be organised in comprehensive schools, allowing pupils to study a foreign language instead of the second national language. Participation in the experiment will be voluntary for both education providers and pupils.
Markus Mustajärvi: Absent20 Dec 2017 · 4 votes113 jaa68 ei - HE 161/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Capping maximum housing allowance expenses
A separate ceiling will be introduced under the general housing allowance for housing costs in small dwellings and shared housing. In addition, the maximum housing costs covered by housing allowance will be linked to the cost-of-living index instead of the rent index, and index increases will be frozen for 2018.
Markus Mustajärvi: No14 Dec 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa86 ei - HE 34/2022 vpPassed
Breathalyser tests on ships and ferries
People working on ships and cable ferries can be required to take a breathalyser test during working hours to determine alcohol consumption. The reform will improve vessel, passenger and occupational safety in waterborne traffic.
Markus Mustajärvi: No vote recorded9 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote