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Merja KyllönenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 220/2022 vpPassed
Improving assistance for trafficking victims
Victims of trafficking will receive help and support directly based on their own needs regardless of the progress of criminal investigations. The continuation of assistance will no longer depend on whether charges are brought or a conviction is secured.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes15 Dec 2022 · 1 vote93 jaa65 ei - HE 237/2022 vpPassed
Cutting Kela reimbursements for private healthcare
Kela reimbursements for private medical care will be cut significantly from the beginning of 2023. Reimbursements for most examinations, procedures and physiotherapy will be abolished, but reimbursements for mental health services and dental care will be retained.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote98 jaa72 ei - HE 186/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering broadcasting tax and raising VAT
The public broadcasting tax paid by individuals would be reduced by raising the lower limit of taxable income and lowering the maximum amount of the tax. At the same time, the VAT rate on public broadcasting would rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded29 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 118/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Winding up Työkanava Oy
Työkanava Oy, a state-owned company established to employ people with partial work capacity, will be abolished. The special legislation concerning the company will be repealed as part of central government savings measures.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded29 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Lauri Lyly 2
89 jaa67 ei - HE 59/2025 vpPassed
Extending foreign investment fund tax exemption
The temporary tax exemption for investment funds registered in the European Economic Area will be extended by one year. Funds will not yet be deemed subject to unlimited tax liability in Finland solely on the basis of their place of management in 2026.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 34/2025 vpPassed
Increasing transparency and independence at Yle
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) will be required to publish more detailed information on its spending and operations than before. At the same time, protection against dismissal for editors-in-chief will be strengthened to safeguard editorial independence.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 30/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming exchange supervision and trading rules
The granting of stock exchange licences and confirmation of exchange rules would be transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the Financial Supervisory Authority. At the same time, rules on the transparency and supervision of securities trading would be updated in line with EU legislation.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 100/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Facilitating family reunification for protected minors
The income requirement for obtaining a residence permit will be abolished for family members of minors receiving international or temporary protection in Finland. In addition, a child will be considered a minor in family reunification on the basis of the date the application was submitted, even if they turn 18 during processing.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes21 Nov 2022 · 3 votes79 jaa62 ei - HE 140/2024 vpPassed with amendments
More flexible agency office network
The Digital and Population Data Services Agency will be able to decide on the locations of its offices in its own rules of procedure instead of by government decree. The change will make it easier to adapt the service network to increased online transactions and joint central government customer service points.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2025 vpPassed
Enhancing aviation safety and sobriety testing
Airlines and employers in the sector will be granted the right to require aircraft crew and ground handling personnel to undergo breath tests to ensure their fitness for work. In addition, Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will be able to notify employers directly if the licence or medical certificate of a pilot or other key person is in the process of being revoked for safety reasons.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded12 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming refrigeration qualifications and supervision
Qualification requirements for installers and companies handling refrigerants and heat pumps will be expanded, and licences will become fixed-term. The amendment implements new EU regulation to reduce emissions of climate-warming gases.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded18 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 189/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming legal gender recognition
An adult will be able to confirm their legal gender through their own declaration without a medical examination or the requirement of infertility. The applicant must confirm their application after a reflection period of at least 30 days.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes7 Feb 2023 · 11 votes113 jaa69 ei - HE 145/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Consolidating transport regulation and registers
Market regulation and registers across all modes of transport are consolidated into a single act. The reform will make it easier to develop and use digital travel chains combining different transport modes.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded10 Apr 2018 · 1 vote99 jaa65 ei - HE 93/2024 vpPassed
EU digital gateway responsibilities for KEHA
The Development and Administrative Centre for the ELY Centres (the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment)) (KEHA Centre) will be assigned official responsibility for the national coordination of the EU's single digital gateway. The KEHA Centre will also act as controller and data intermediary for the technical system for cross-border data exchange between authorities.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded14 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2025 vpIn progress
Converting foreign death penalties into imprisonment
Finnish authorities will receive the competence to convert a death penalty imposed abroad into a prison sentence to be served in Finland. The amendment would enable the transfer and enforcement of sentences in Finland where the sentenced person is a Finnish citizen or resides in Finland.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded13 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 73/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Updating Ministry of Justice decree powers
Acts in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice will be updated so that the powers of the ministry and the Government to issue decrees meet the requirements of the Constitution. Old and imprecise general authorisations will be repealed or replaced with precise provisions.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded7 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 60/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Gender quotas on listed company boards
In large listed companies, at least 40 per cent of board members will have to be women or men by summer 2026. The reform promotes gender equality at the top of corporate life in line with the EU gender quotas directive.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded5 Nov 2024 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Fatim Diarra
111 jaa51 ei - HE 11/2024 vpPassed
KKV's role in supervising tech giants
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will become the national contact authority in Finland for the EU's Digital Markets Act. The authority will assist the European Commission in supervising major digital platform companies, exchanging information, and conducting inspections.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded19 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 126/2026 vpIn progress
Easing administrative burden on companies
The administration of limited liability companies and co-operatives will be eased, and the process of closing down operations and winding up will be streamlined. The changes will remove unnecessary bureaucracy for companies and speed up the execution of corporate and financial arrangements.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 204/2026 vpIn progress
Approval of EU-ACP partnership agreement
Finland will approve the new cooperation agreement between the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. The agreement will replace the previous arrangement and create a framework for political and economic cooperation between the countries.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet