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Merja KyllönenEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 200/2024 vpPassed
Reforming registration of occupational safety personnel
Maintenance of the register of occupational safety and health co-operation personnel at workplaces will be transferred from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to the Centre for Occupational Safety. At the same time, the information required from employers will be reduced and the disclosure of data for occupational safety and health purposes will be clarified.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded11 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 92/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining bank resolution and deposit protection
Bank resolution obligations will be eased in situations where a failing institution would be wound up in ordinary bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings. In addition, the authority will be able to transfer customer advisory and support tasks to an external service provider in congested crisis situations.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded6 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 118/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Filling police posts without public recruitment
Posts in the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) and posts relating to covert police duties could be filled without public recruitment. The change will protect the identity and safety of officials working in intelligence and undercover operations.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 61/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming transport and communications agencies
State agencies in the transport and communications sector will be merged into Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The Finnish Transport Agency's name will change to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, and it will focus on maintaining and developing roads, railways and waterways.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded9 Nov 2018 · 1 vote94 jaa69 ei - HE 243/2022 vpLapsed
Enhancing cooperation on cyber threats
Security authorities would be able to exchange necessary information and provide executive assistance to each other in serious cyberattacks and threat situations. In addition, telecommunications operators and other communications intermediaries would have the right to disclose information on information security breaches on their own initiative to Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency).
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 192/2022 vpLapsed
Statutory cooling-off periods for ministers
The right of ministers to take up new duties after the end of their term of office could be restricted by a cooling-off period of up to one year. The restriction would prevent conflicts of interest and the exploitation of confidential information obtained in the Government.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 194/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming pension company management qualifications
The qualification and eligibility requirements for the management and administrative bodies of earnings-related pension insurance companies will be tightened and clarified. At the same time, it will be made easier to appoint financial sector experts to the administrative bodies of the companies, and the liability for damages of the Board of the Finnish Centre for Pensions will be specified.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 76/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising accounting size thresholds for businesses
The monetary size thresholds for company categories in accounting will be raised by 25 per cent due to inflation. The change will reduce the administrative burden on companies and ease their reporting obligations.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded25 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 131/2026 vpIn progress
Speeding up share certificate digitalisation
Paper housing company share certificates held by banks as collateral can be converted into electronic form on a large scale without sending paper documents to the authorities. The procedure will speed up the transition to the residential and commercial property information system and make registering ownership cheaper for homeowners.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 246/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming client data and medication lists
Rules on the processing of client data in health and social services will be compiled into a single new act and aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The reform will also enable the introduction of an up-to-date national medication list.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded16 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 270/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Updating rules on old nature reserves
Protection provisions for national parks, strict nature reserves and other protected areas established before 1996 will be elevated from decree level directly into acts of Parliament. The boundaries and main rules of use for the areas will remain largely unchanged, but they will be aligned with the new Nature Conservation Act.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent14 Mar 2023 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Heikki Autto
105 jaa80 ei - HE 81/2024 vpPassed
Taking foreign business prohibitions into account
Business prohibitions imposed or business offences committed in another EEA country can in future be taken into account in Finland when considering a business prohibition against a person. Authorities will also begin exchanging information on valid business prohibitions with other EU and EEA countries.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded18 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 38/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting nicotine pouch sales and flavours
Nicotine pouches will be brought under the Tobacco Act, making their sale in shops subject to a licence and prohibiting online sales. Nicotine and flavour restrictions will be set for the products, and the possession of all tobacco substitutes will be prohibited for persons under 18 years of age.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded16 Oct 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Lotta Hamari
99 jaa76 ei - HE 87/2024 vpPassed
Raising insurance brokers' minimum liability coverage
The minimum amounts of liability insurance required of insurance brokers will be increased due to inflation. In addition, specifying references to the Whistleblower Protection Act will be added to insurance legislation.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded15 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 271/2022 vpPassed
Approving a counter-terrorism treaty
Finland will approve the Council of Europe Additional Protocol on the prevention of terrorism and intensify international information exchange on foreign terrorist fighters. At the same time, the Criminal Code will be amended so that receiving training is also punishable for less serious terrorist offences.
Merja Kyllönen: Absent6 Mar 2023 · 1 vote - HE 267/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Business Finland and job seeking
The division of responsibilities between the Business Finland company and the funding agency will be clarified, and public administrative tasks will be transferred to the funding agency, which operates as an authority. At the same time, foreign jobseekers will be enabled to create a profile on Job Market Finland without Finnish strong electronic identification.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded6 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 113/2025 vpIn progress
Expanding care technology in social services
Technological solutions and technical surveillance will be introduced more widely across social welfare services to support client care and safety. The use of technology may also be taken into account when calculating staffing ratios for round-the-clock care for older people.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 309/2022 vpRejected
Adjusting transitional balancing for wellbeing services counties
The reduction in central government funding for wellbeing services counties will be cushioned by permanently capping the drop in funding at a lower level than before. In addition, wellbeing services counties can enter a one-off funding adjustment payable for 2023 into that same year's financial results to ease their finances.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded28 Feb 2023 · rejected without a vote - HE 79/2023 vpPassed
Introducing a common USB-C charging port
Charging ports on electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, will be standardised to the USB-C standard. Consumers must also be given the option to buy a device without a charger.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded12 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 50/2023 vpPassed
Assigning data intermediation supervision to Traficom
Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will begin supervising data intermediation services and data sharing for the public benefit in Finland. The agency will be able to issue reprimands and impose financial penalty payments on operators that violate the rules.
Merja Kyllönen: No vote recorded12 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote