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Merja KyllönenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 186/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving animal welfare and protection
The new Animal Welfare Act will replace the old Animal Protection Act and tighten requirements for the keeping, care and treatment of animals. The provisions will improve animals' opportunities to carry out natural species-specific behaviour and reduce the pain and suffering caused to them.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent8 Mar 2023 · 12 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa 5 (moniste)
104 jaa80 ei - HE 230/2021 vpPassed
COVID-19 vaccine requirement in healthcare
Health and social services workers will be required to have COVID-19 vaccination or protection conferred by prior illness if they work in close contact with clients or patients belonging to risk groups. Employers may check employees' health data and, if necessary, suspend the payment of wages if an employee does not have the required protection and no other work is available.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent29 Dec 2021 · 4 votes107 jaa32 ei - HE 5/2023 vpPassed
Expanding access to communicable disease registers
Healthcare personnel involved in the prevention and control of communicable diseases would be granted the right to access the communicable disease registers of THL (the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) directly via remote access. The amendment will speed up contact tracing and streamline epidemic control work.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded28 Jun 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2024 vpPassed
Easier apartment repossession for housing companies
A housing company will be able to take possession of a share apartment more easily than at present if the owner resides outside the European Economic Area and cannot be reached. Warnings, decisions, and eviction summonses can be served via the Official Gazette and by delivering notice to the apartment.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 44/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing radio must-carry obligations
Cable operators and housing companies will no longer need to distribute Yle radio channels in their cable networks. The change will free up network capacity for faster and higher-quality broadband connections.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 324/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Electricity compensation and extended payment periods
Households affected by high electricity bills will receive state-supported electricity compensation directly on their electricity bills. In addition, households and businesses can request extended payment periods for their electricity bills for the winter months.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded1 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 300/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming patient and social services ombudspersons
The titles of patient and social ombudsmen will change to ombudspersons, and the organisation of services will be centralised mainly in the wellbeing services counties, including for private healthcare. At the same time, a master's degree qualification requirement will be set for patient ombudspersons and the independence of the services will be strengthened.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded28 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 64/2026 vpIn progress
More flexible working on disability pension
People on a disability pension will be able to work more flexibly without fear of losing their entire pension. Earned income exceeding the monthly exempt amount and the annual flexibility allowance would reduce the pension only by the excess amount.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded24 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 62/2024 vpPassed
Reasonable late fees for housing registration
Late fees charged for delays in registering ownership of housing company shares will be adjusted to a reasonable level. Fees will no longer accumulate on a compound interest basis, preventing penalties from escalating to unreasonable amounts.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded9 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 83/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming municipal veterinary services
Municipalities will be given a clear obligation to provide basic veterinary services and round-the-clock on-call duty throughout the country. At the same time, the possibilities for municipalities to charge fees for veterinary clinic services will be expanded.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes10 Feb 2023 · 1 vote87 jaa67 ei - HE 62/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Phasing out the pension pipeline
Additional days of unemployment security for older workers, the so-called pension pipeline, will be phased out gradually. At the same time, a new transition security package consisting of financial compensation and training will be created for persons aged 55 and over who are made redundant on financial or production-related grounds.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent1 Jul 2022 · 2 votes117 jaa35 ei - HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tax reform for equity savings accounts
A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded9 May 2019 · 15 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4
96 jaa77 ei - HE 16/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending Kanta service transition periods
Health and social services providers will be given additional time to implement the new obligations of Kanta services. At the same time, the transfer of patient data between treatment facilities will be clarified and hospital social workers' right of access to information from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution) will be improved.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded23 May 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 49/2022 vpPassed
Enabling EU Asylum Agency assistance
Finland will be able to request and receive expert assistance from the European Union Agency for Asylum, for example in situations of large-scale entry. The agency's experts will be able to assist Finnish authorities in registering asylum seekers and examining applications.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent21 Jun 2022 · 1 vote108 jaa39 ei - HE 100/2021 vpPassed
Earlier bank resolution fund mutualisation
Finland would approve an amendment to the agreement concerning the EU banking union's resolution fund. The amendment would accelerate the mutualisation of banks' extraordinary ex-post contributions and strengthen the resolution fund's backstop facility.
Merja Kyllönen: Yes12 Nov 2021 · 2 votes125 jaa43 ei - HE 110/2026 vpIn progress
Streamlining health research and data use
Conducting medical research and identifying patients for studies will be made easier by clarifying the use of health and social services data. At the same time, rules on biobank operations, the research use of deceased persons, and the procedures of research ethics committees will be specified.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded23 Sep 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
82 jaa72 ei - HE 19/2024 vpPassed
Updating references for healthcare VAT exemption
Statutory references concerning the value added tax exemption for health and medical care services are updated to align with the new supervision legislation. The tax exemption for services remains unchanged both in mainland Finland and in Åland.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded17 May 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 2/2023 vpPassed
VAT exemption for NATO forces' purchases
Purchases of goods and services as well as imports by the armed forces of other NATO countries participating in common defence activities in Finland will be exempt from value added tax (VAT). The exemption will be implemented under the same principles as in defence cooperation between EU member states.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded17 May 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 121/2025 vpIn progress
Using biometric data in crime prevention
The police and other security authorities will be permitted to use fingerprints and facial images from passports, identity cards and immigration registers to prevent and investigate serious crimes. The data may also be used to avert significant danger and to protect national security.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 170/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming community development and land policy
Municipalities will be required to draw up a public land policy programme, and the uncompensated transfer of street areas to municipalities will be abolished entirely. In addition, designating development areas will become more flexible, and rules on cost liabilities for land use will be clarified.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet