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Mika Riipi

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 31/2025 vpPassed

    Merging education and culture agencies

    The separate agencies operating under the Ministry of Education and Culture will be merged into five larger agencies from the beginning of 2026. The reform will clarify administration and bring together bodies carrying out similar tasks.

    Mika Riipi: Absent
    25 Jun 2025 · 5 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion 4

    106 jaa
    51 ei
  2. HE 119/2025 vpPassed

    Increasing unemployment insurance contributions

    Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will rise at the beginning of 2026. The increases will ensure that the Employment Fund has sufficient funds to finance unemployment benefits.

    Mika Riipi: Yes
    28 Nov 2025 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Proposed statement

    159 jaa
    8 ei
  3. HE 100/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming Sámi Parliament electoral criteria

    The rules for admission to the Sámi Parliament's electoral roll will be reformed and the right of self-determination of the Sámi strengthened. The electoral roll will be recompiled on the basis of new criteria, and an independent appellate board will be established for appeals concerning the electoral roll.

    Mika Riipi: No
    23 Jun 2025 · 7 votes
    150 jaa
    27 ei
  4. HE 41/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Centralising and streamlining environmental permits

    Environmental permit and assessment procedures will be brought together under the new national Licensing and Supervisory Agency, allowing different permits to be processed at once in the same place. The reform will accelerate and streamline permitting for investments and extend the priority processing of green transition projects.

    Mika Riipi: Absent
    19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    121 jaa
    62 ei
  5. HE 128/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    User rights to device data

    Consumers and businesses will gain the right to access data generated by their smart devices and share it onwards, for example with repair and maintenance services. Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will supervise compliance with the data-sharing rules and will be able to impose administrative fines for infringements.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    24 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 177/2024 vpPassed

    Restricting school transport subsidy

    Only students entitled to free upper secondary education will receive school transport subsidy. Other upper secondary students will no longer receive subsidy for their journeys to school.

    Mika Riipi: No
    2 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    118 jaa
    37 ei
  7. HE 150/2026 vpIn progress

    Clarifying guidance on municipal preparedness

    The Ministry of Finance will be tasked with guiding and monitoring municipal preparedness for disruptions and crisis situations. In addition, the right of youth councils to submit initiatives will be enshrined directly in law, and the preparedness of municipal subsidiaries will be strengthened through group guidelines.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  8. HE 130/2026 vpIn progress

    Stricter and longer animal keeping bans

    Bans on keeping animals imposed for animal welfare offences will be lengthened and their imposition will become the general rule also for basic offences. Violating a ban on keeping animals may result in imprisonment.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  9. HE 216/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming startup residence permits

    The residence permit procedure for foreign startup entrepreneurs will become part of a chargeable permit application, with Business Finland assessing the business activities directly in the immigration administration's IT system. Ordinary foreign entrepreneurs will no longer be required to register a company in Finland before being granted their first residence permit.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  10. HE 137/2026 vpIn progress

    More effective forfeiture of criminal proceeds

    Authorities will be able to forfeit criminal assets to the state more easily than before. Forfeiting assets will no longer always require a conviction for a specific individual offence.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  11. HE 120/2026 vpIn progress

    Enhancing prison security and supervision

    The Criminal Sanctions Agency will receive clearer powers to restrict prison operations in serious societal disruptions and to supervise prisoners in everyday life. At the same time, security requirements for prison leaves will be tightened, and prisoners' ability to use their personal payment cards will be promoted.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  12. HE 105/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming anti-money laundering rules

    Finnish legislation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing would be reformed to align with the European Union's new regulatory package. The reform would tighten reporting and customer due diligence obligations across several sectors and expand the powers of supervisory authorities.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    7 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  13. HE 154/2025 vpPassed

    Air transport agreement with Rwanda

    Finland will introduce a new air transport agreement with Rwanda. The agreement will enable the development of flight connections and the air transport market between the two countries.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 221/2026 vpIn progress

    Writing peatland protection rules into law

    The protection rules for 71 state-owned peatland reserves will be updated and transferred from a decree directly into law. The conservation provisions and rights of use in the areas, such as hunting, fishing, and reindeer husbandry, will remain largely unchanged.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  15. HE 213/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming compulsory education admissions

    Young people will be able to complete compulsory education temporarily at a youth workshop if a study place is not found immediately. In addition, young people in compulsory education will be given priority in upper secondary student admissions in the joint application system.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  16. HE 209/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming tax rules for investment funds

    The requirement that a foreign investment fund be contractual in form is removed from tax exemption and replaced with a condition that the fund be exempt from tax in its home state. At the same time, establishing European long-term investment funds in Finland will be made easier by also allowing ordinary retail investors as unitholders.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  17. HE 308/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding Tiilikkajärvi national park

    Tiilikkajärvi National Park will be expanded in the municipality of Rautavaara by approximately 2,441 hectares of state-owned land. National park conservation regulations will take effect in the area, improving nature conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    20 Feb 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Petri Huru

    98 jaa
    61 ei
  18. HE 196/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating minimum taxation for large groups

    The legislation on minimum taxation for large groups will be updated in line with international guidelines. At the same time, large corporate groups will be given the opportunity to apply to the Finnish Tax Administration for an advance ruling, and a provision to prevent tax avoidance will be added to the act.

    Mika Riipi: Yes
    13 Mar 2026 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    110 jaa
    55 ei
  19. HE 179/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Protected periods for work-based residence permits

    People living in Finland on a work-based residence permit will have a protected period of three or six months to find a new job if they become unemployed, before the permit can be cancelled. In addition, employers will be obliged to notify the authorities of the termination of employment, and workers will also be permitted to work in labour shortage sectors.

    Mika Riipi: No
    11 Apr 2025 · 3 votes
    95 jaa
    74 ei
  20. HE 55/2023 vpPassed

    Retaining the 14-day care guarantee

    The maximum waiting time for access to non-urgent primary healthcare medical treatment will be kept at 14 days. The previously planned seven-day care guarantee will be abandoned due to healthcare staff shortages.

    Mika Riipi: No vote recorded
    1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes
    118 jaa
    56 ei