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Merja KyllönenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 64/2023 vpPassed
Lowering transfer tax and first-home exemption
Transfer tax on real estate and housing company shares will be lowered, but at the same time the tax exemption for first-time homebuyers will be abolished. The reduced tax rates will apply retroactively from 12 October 2023, and the first-time buyer tax exemption will end at the start of 2024.
Merja Kyllönen: No12 Dec 2023 · 9 votes109 jaa66 ei - 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.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded30 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
96 jaa79 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.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes8 Apr 2022 · 3 votes90 jaa58 ei - HE 254/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding employee representation in administration
Employees' right to have a representative in company management will be extended to companies with at least 100 employees. Representation will have to be arranged on the company's board of directors or management group unless agreed otherwise.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 157/2026 vpIn progress
Stricter penalties for environmental offences
Legislation on environmental offences will be tightened and several new environmental offence categories will be added to the Criminal Code. At the same time, penalties imposed for the acts and corporate fines imposed on companies will be raised considerably.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 60/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Bringing church co-operation into law
Co-operation of personnel within the Evangelical Lutheran Church will be governed by a separate act instead of the current system based on collective agreements. The reform would strengthen church employees' access to information, opportunities to exert influence and legal protection in situations of change.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 214/2024 vpPassed
Reforming eastern border fence compensation
Compensation paid to landowners for permanent barriers and the barrier fence in the border zone will be decided by an expropriation committee of the National Land Survey of Finland instead of the Finnish Border Guard. The change will speed up and harmonise the assessment of compensation by drawing on the real estate expertise of the National Land Survey of Finland.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 144/2025 vpPassed with amendments
EU registration of small business aid
Public bodies will be required to report all de minimis aid granted to businesses to an EU-level central register. The reform will ensure the monitoring of company-specific aid ceilings and increase the transparency of aid.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 86/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the 2024 budget proposal
A government supplementary proposal to the 2024 budget (HE 41/2023). It updates the budget proposal submitted in the autumn with new information before Parliament decides on the budget; it is considered together with the main budget.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementary budget for 2025
The supplementary budget for 2025, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded24 Mar 2025 · 3 votes - HE 210/2026 vpIn progress
Abolishing insider registers for investment firms
Investment firms will no longer be required to maintain a public insider register, and their insiders will no longer make separate insider declarations. The reform dismantles national red tape overlapping with EU regulation.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 52/2025 vpPassed
Improving criminal data exchange in Eurojust
Information exchange between Finnish authorities and Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, will be enhanced, especially regarding terrorist offences. At the same time, the term of office of the Assistant to the National Member of Finland will be made more flexible.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded25 Sep 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 148/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Offshore wind tenders for group companies
Multiple companies from the same corporate group will be able to take part in competitive tenders for wind power in Finnish marine areas. The earlier restriction will be removed so that the regulations comply with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded2 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 167/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing a national space situation centre
A national space situational awareness centre will be established in Finland to monitor conditions in near-Earth space, space weather and space debris. The centre will help authorities and companies prepare for disruptions to satellite services and other risks associated with space activities.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded7 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 211/2026 vpIn progress
More flexible corporate restructuring taxation
The taxation of corporate mergers, demergers and transfers of business is to be reformed and streamlined. The changes will make it possible to carry out more corporate restructurings without immediate tax consequences.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded9 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 230/2026 vpIn progress
Establishing a national procurement database
Public sector procurement and purchase invoices will be compiled into a single national database maintained by the State Treasury. The data will be made widely accessible online to citizens and businesses to improve transparency in the use of public funds.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 202/2026 vpIn progress
Legislation on development policy investments
A new act will be enacted on central government investments in developing countries. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will also be able to invest in funds managed by private companies to attract private capital.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 169/2026 vpIn progress
Removing decision-maker names from Kela decisions
The name of a Kela employee may be omitted from social assistance decisions and, where necessary, from other benefit decisions. The reform aims to protect employees from threats and harassment directed at them.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 46/2026 vpIn progress
Extending data protection fines to authorities
Administrative fines could be imposed on public authorities and other public bodies for breaches of data protection rules. At the same time, situations in which citizens do not need to be notified of a data breach would be clarified.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 82/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding Defence Forces crime prevention powers
Defence Command will be tasked with the prevention and detection of military offences and granted powers to independently use secret intelligence gathering methods. At the same time, crime prevention powers will be clarified and their external oversight strengthened.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded26 Feb 2025 · passed without a vote