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Merja Kyllönen

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  1. HE 177/2026 vpIn progress

    Comprehensive reform of student financial aid

    The Student Financial Aid Act would be replaced by a new Act on Student Benefits, reforming student grants and loan terms. Among other things, the reform would increase the study grant for families with multiple children, remove student loans for minors living with their parents, and change the terms of the student loan compensation.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  2. HE 103/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Additional preparatory year and fee increases

    Children with an immigrant background will be given the option of a second year of supplementary instruction preparing for basic education to support language learning, but preparatory education will be restricted to those born abroad. At the same time, maximum fees for morning and afternoon activities for school children will be increased and linked to an index.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    5 Dec 2025 · 8 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion 48

    90 jaa
    77 ei
  3. HE 188/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Speeding up criminal proceedings

    The handling of criminal cases will be streamlined and expedited across the entire criminal process chain, from pre-trial investigation to court. More criminal cases can be resolved in written proceedings without an oral hearing or in the absence of the defendant.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    9 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote
  4. 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.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    116 jaa
    51 ei
  5. HE 93/2025 vpPassed

    Lowering the reduced VAT rate

    The value added tax (VAT) on food, restaurant services, medicines, public transport, and cultural and sports services will decrease from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent at the start of 2026. The tax cut may slightly reduce consumer prices for these goods and services.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    2 Dec 2025 · 6 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement

    114 jaa
    53 ei
  6. HE 44/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding small alcohol producers' retail sales

    Small producers of alcohol will be permitted to sell all of their own products, such as spirits and grape wines, directly from the production site to customers for takeaway. The previous separate rules for farm wine and craft beer will be abolished and replaced with a single common rule.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  7. HE 242/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming pharmaceutical preparedness and hospital pharmacies

    The proposal clarifies the provision and receipt of international assistance concerning medicinal products as well as the transfer of medicinal products in crisis situations. In addition, the operations of hospital pharmacies will be updated to suit wellbeing services counties, and the reuse of single-use medical devices will be permitted under certain conditions.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    15 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  8. HE 105/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans

    Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    53 ei
  9. 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.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    11 Apr 2025 · 3 votes
    95 jaa
    74 ei
  10. HE 51/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising tuition fees for non-EU students

    Tuition fees for higher education students from outside the EU and EEA will have to cover the actual costs of education, and an application fee of 100 euros will be introduced for them. In addition, avoiding tuition fees by changing residence permit grounds will be prevented, and protection for students participating in commissioned education will be improved.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    103 jaa
    45 ei
  11. HE 85/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding local bargaining

    Opportunities for local bargaining will be expanded so that companies that do not belong to employer associations can also make use of the flexibility provisions in generally applicable collective agreements. If there is no shop steward at the workplace, a local agreement can be concluded with an elected representative chosen by the employees.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    18 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    53 ei
  12. HE 165/2025 vpPassed

    Streamlining mineral exploration in mining areas

    Companies operating in former mining areas will be able to obtain an exploration permit more smoothly to continue surveys without a waiting period of several years. At the same time, landowners will be ensured appropriate compensation for their survey areas.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    18 Feb 2026 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 13/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming central government regional administration

    Central government regional administration will be reformed by merging the Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and parts of the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a new nationwide Licensing and Supervisory Agency. At the same time, the current ELY Centres will be replaced by new vitality centres from 1 January 2026.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes
    153 jaa
    32 ei
  14. 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.

    Merja Kyllönen: No
    1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes
    118 jaa
    56 ei
  15. HE 128/2024 vpPassed

    Ending national pension payments abroad

    In the future, the national pension will no longer be paid to people living abroad. Only persons residing in Finland will receive the pension going forward.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    56 ei
  16. HE 126/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening housing allowance and asset limits

    Asset limits and restrictions will be introduced for the general housing allowance and the housing allowance for pensioners, reducing or terminating support for households with assets. In addition, housing allowance will decrease in six cities due to a reduction in the maximum limits for housing costs.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    56 ei
  17. HE 236/2026 vpIn progress

    Enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation

    Official supervision and a penalty system will be created in Finland for compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation. The Finnish Food Authority will begin supervising trade in products covered by the regulation and will be able to impose penalty payments for breaches of the rules.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  18. HE 84/2026 vpIn progress

    Fisheries obligations for old hydropower plants

    Old hydropower plants may in future be subject to fisheries obligations, such as constructing fishways or paying fisheries fees, even if their permits do not already include them. The aim of the amendment is to revive migratory fish stocks and promote aquatic biodiversity.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    16 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  19. HE 191/2026 vpIn progress

    Strengthening home buyer protection

    In the sale of new homes, using a construction work observer will become mandatory and a new post-inspection procedure will be laid down for remedying construction defects. In addition, the financial security of home buyers will be improved by amending the security deposit system and regulating intermediate housing agreements between rental and owner-occupied housing.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  20. HE 14/2026 vpIn progress

    Preventing the release of dangerous prisoners

    Preventive detention will be introduced in Finland, allowing the prison terms of the most dangerous prisoners to be extended after their sentence has ended. At the same time, access to parole for life prisoners will be tightened if the prisoner is assessed as still posing a danger to others.

    Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded
    22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
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