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Heli JärvinenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 189/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming snow dumping and environmental permits
Dumping snow from the shore into the sea will be prohibited after a three-year transition period. At the same time, permit procedures for small biogas plants and hydrogen production will be streamlined.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded28 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded14 Nov 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Dissenting opinion
102 jaa75 ei - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded20 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Heli Järvinen: 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.
Heli Järvinen: 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 ei - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded13 Dec 2024 · 5 votes109 jaa56 ei - HE 232/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Easing residence permits for students and researchers
Students from outside the EU and EEA will be granted a residence permit for the entire duration of their studies at once. The post-graduation or post-research residence permit for jobseeking and starting a business will be extended to two years.
Heli Järvinen: Absent8 Apr 2022 · 3 votes90 jaa58 ei - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 47/2023 vpPassed
Limiting index increases in church funding
The annual index increases in central government funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church will be reduced in 2024–2027. Increases will be calculated based on the rise in the consumer price index minus one percentage point.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded30 Nov 2023 · 1 vote97 jaa56 ei - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded29 Nov 2024 · 5 votes87 jaa67 ei - HE 259/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying elite sports and sports research
Objectives on sustainable development and measures to promote elite sports and health-enhancing physical activity will be added to the Sports Act. At the same time, the Academy of Finland will be able to act as a discretionary government grant authority for sports science research grants.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 194/2026 vpIn progress
Domestic content investment for streaming services
Streaming services will be required to use five per cent of their turnover generated in Finland to fund domestic and European audiovisual content. The obligation can be fulfilled either by making direct production investments or by paying a levy that accrues to the state.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 190/2026 vpIn progress
Extending product liability to digital products
Product liability will be extended to cover software, digital files and the loss of personal data. Consumers' opportunities to receive compensation for damage caused by defective products will also be facilitated by easing the burden of proof.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 107/2026 vpIn progress
Digitalising estate administration
Managing the affairs of a deceased loved one would be made easier by bringing estate inventories and inheritance taxation into an electronic service. At the same time, the deadline for completing an estate inventory would be extended from three to six months.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - 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.
Heli Järvinen: 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.
Heli Järvinen: 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.
Heli Järvinen: No vote recorded22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote