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- HE 117/2025 vpPassed
Raising the fee for uncancelled appointments
The maximum fee charged for an uncancelled and missed appointment or care place in health and social services will rise. A fee of up to 73.70 euros could be charged for failure to attend without an acceptable reason.
21 Nov 2025 · 1 vote105 jaa50 ei - HE 149/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising hospitals and emergency services
Finland's hospital network and round-the-clock emergency services will be concentrated into fewer units to ensure adequate staffing and funding. Each wellbeing services county will as a rule have only one hospital with a multidisciplinary round-the-clock emergency department and round-the-clock operating theatre readiness.
18 Dec 2024 · 18 votes101 jaa96 ei - HE 18/2026 vpPassed
Opening CSC supercomputer capacity to companies
CSC, owned by the State and higher education institutions, will be able to sell up to one fifth of its supercomputer computing capacity for corporate research and development. At the same time, it will be ensured that higher education institutions can continue to procure IT and research services from the company without competitive tendering.
12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 185/2025 vpPassed
Reforming precious metal hallmarking and supervision
Fineness and hallmarking requirements for precious metal products will be updated to comply with an international convention. The precious metal content of products will become clearer for consumers, and the inspection powers of the supervisory authority will be clarified.
6 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 127/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering elderly care staffing ratio
The statutory minimum staffing ratio for 24-hour care for older people will decrease to 0.6 workers per client from the beginning of 2025. The previous plan to raise the staffing ratio to 0.7 workers is cancelled completely.
28 Nov 2024 · 8 votes115 jaa50 ei - HE 149/2026 vpIn progress
Streamlining defence materiel export controls
Defence materiel exports will be streamlined by introducing a general export licence for temporary and non-commercial exports to reliable countries. At the same time, compliance and record-keeping obligations for defence export companies and supervisory powers of the authorities will be tightened.
22 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 86/2026 vpPassed
Easier open higher education for jobseekers
Jobseekers aged 25 or over will be able to complete open higher education studies without restrictions on the duration or scope of the studies and without losing their unemployment benefit. Studies will no longer need to be reported to employment authorities, but the obligation to apply for and accept full-time work will remain unchanged.
11 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 171/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the 2026 budget proposal
The Government's supplementary proposal for the 2026 budget (HE 99/2025). 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 proposal.
19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 77/2025 vpWithdrawn
Supervision of the EU deforestation regulation
A supervision and penalty system for the EU Deforestation Regulation will be introduced in Finland to prevent products causing deforestation from entering the market or being exported. The Finnish Food Authority will act as the principal supervisory authority, and substantial administrative penalty payments may be imposed for violations of the requirements.
10 Jun 2026 · no votes - HE 225/2026 vpIn progress
Allowing scratch cards as gifts
People will be able to buy scratch cards as gifts for others. Winnings from a scratch card received as a gift can be claimed by any adult, even if they are not registered as a player.
2 Nov 2026 · no votes yet - HE 122/2026 vpIn progress
Easing firearms regulations and storage requirements
Storage requirements for deactivated firearms and antique black powder firearms will be eased, meaning they will no longer need to be stored as strictly as operational firearms. In addition, reporting practices for firearms businesses will be clarified and provisions on the revocation of permits will be harmonised with the EU directive.
8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 178/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying agricultural support conditions and implementation
Applying for agricultural support, support conditions and monitoring would be streamlined. The threshold for the obligation to restore permanent grassland would be eased, and inspection visits for environmental agreements would be brought forward to avoid clawbacks.
22 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 37/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Mitigating carbon border mechanism penalties
Finnish Customs will be able to reduce penalties related to the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism in certain error and borderline cases. The amendment will avoid unreasonable sanctions for companies in situations where reporting errors are caused by external parties.
13 May 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 55/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Abolishing licensing for private day-care centres
The licence requirement for private day-care centres would be abolished and replaced with a registration procedure. A new day-care centre could start operating as soon as its premises and operating requirements have been inspected, without having to wait for the actual registration decision.
10 Oct 2025 · 1 vote98 jaa40 ei - HE 229/2026 vpIn progress
Adjusting research and development funding
Annual increases in central government research and development funding will be tied to economic forecasts more frequently than at present, with the adjustment being made every year. At the same time, other innovation aid for companies can also be counted as part of statutory R&D funding.
23 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 129/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Easing health and social service subcontracting
Rules on subcontracting by private providers of health and social services will be eased, and state steering of investments by wellbeing services counties will be tightened. In addition, wellbeing services counties will be obliged to monitor and report on their staffing situation in a harmonised manner.
19 Dec 2025 · 1 vote122 jaa49 ei - HE 47/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Criminalising Holocaust and war crimes denial
Public denial or gross trivialisation of genocide established by international courts, such as the Holocaust, and other serious war crimes will be made a punishable offence in Finland. The act will be punishable if it incites hatred or violence and disturbs public order.
18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 100/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary cut to central government transfers
The central government transfer rate for basic municipal services will rise to 25.73 per cent from the beginning of 2026. At the same time, a temporary two per cent cut of 75 million euros will be made to central government transfers received by municipalities for 2026.
16 Dec 2025 · 3 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement
98 jaa64 ei - HE 196/2026 vpIn progress
Linking non-military service to comprehensive security
Non-military service will be linked more closely to comprehensive security and preparedness in society. Persons performing non-military service and those who have completed it can in future be deployed more widely to assist authorities in various disruptions and exceptional situations.
14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 168/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming psychotherapy training into two tiers
Psychotherapy training will be reformed into a two-tier system, and its first stage will be made free of charge for students. The reform will train more mental health professionals for primary health and social services.
14 Oct 2026 · no votes yet