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  1. HE 38/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Easing corporate sustainability reporting

    The size thresholds for companies' statutory sustainability reporting will be raised, meaning the reporting obligation will apply only to the very largest companies. At the same time, the position of small and medium-sized enterprises will be eased by limiting the amount of sustainability information that can be requested from them in supply chains.

    4 Jun 2026 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    61 ei
  2. HE 145/2026 vpIn progress

    Easier smoking bans in housing companies

    Housing companies would be granted the right to ban smoking on residents' balconies and in 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 would be prohibited.

    18 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI

    96 jaa
    79 ei
  3. HE 75/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening industrial and livestock emission regulations

    Emission limits for large industrial installations will be tightened and their environmental requirements increased. At the same time, new activities, such as metal mines and smaller pig and poultry farms than before, will be brought within the scope of regulation.

    17 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  4. 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
  5. 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 vote
    98 jaa
    40 ei
  6. HE 109/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Restricting activation plans for rehabilitative work

    Activation plans for rehabilitative work activities will only be drawn up for unemployed persons whose primary income is social assistance. For recipients of unemployment benefits, services will be organised according to individual need through a multidisciplinary employment plan.

    17 Dec 2025 · 2 votes
    95 jaa
    76 ei
  7. HE 108/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening job search obligations and sanctions

    Meetings for jobseekers in the employment services will be made more flexible, and applying for jobs referred by the authorities will become immediately mandatory. At the same time, unemployment security sanctions will be tightened so that entitlement to benefits will be lost for a fixed period as early as the first failure to comply.

    16 Dec 2025 · 5 votes
    112 jaa
    48 ei
  8. HE 112/2024 vpPassed

    Cutting vocational education and training funding

    Funding for vocational education and training will be cut by 120 million euros from 2025 onwards, reducing study places for adults who already hold a qualification. At the same time, administrative obligations for upper secondary institutions will be eased, and an additional 10 million euros will be allocated to support for learning in general upper secondary schools.

    22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    96 jaa
    66 ei
  9. 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.

    11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  10. HE 80/2026 vpIn progress

    Better protection for exploited foreign workers

    A foreign worker would be allowed to seek new employment for three months longer before their residence permit is revoked if their working conditions have involved exploitation. At the same time, processing times for residence permit applications and employers' notification obligations would be clarified.

    11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  11. HE 79/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Postponing the start of sustainability reporting

    The obligation for large companies to start statutory sustainability reporting will be postponed by two years. The first reports will only have to be prepared for the financial year 2027, but companies may report earlier voluntarily if they wish.

    6 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 101/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Easing construction regulations

    Permit procedures and requirements for construction will be eased in order to speed up construction and reduce the administrative burden. For example, the mandatory climate report will be removed for builders of detached and semi-detached houses, and binding deadlines will be set for municipal building supervision authorities to process permit applications.

    18 Dec 2024 · 13 votes
    130 jaa
    67 ei
  13. HE 111/2024 vpPassed

    Reducing administrative burden in early childhood education and care

    Municipalities and private early childhood education and care providers will no longer be required to draw up local early childhood education and care plans or to report staff continuing education to the national data repository. The reform aims to reduce the administrative burden of early childhood education and care and save working time.

    22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    92 jaa
    68 ei
  14. HE 105/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans

    Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.

    19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    53 ei
  15. HE 114/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming learning support in schools

    Support for learning in pre-primary and basic education will be reformed by abandoning the three-tiered support system. Pupils will primarily be offered support directly within the teaching group, as well as individual support measures where needed.

    17 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  16. 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.

    19 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 97/2023 vpPassed

    Extending the lighter building regulations trial

    The experiment with more flexible building and planning regulations applied in Helsinki, Vantaa and Turku will be extended until the end of 2024. The experiment streamlines housing construction by allowing building permits to be granted before a plot is partitioned.

    18 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 251/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining planning and building permits

    Regulation and permit processes for planning and construction are eased. The reform would speed up plan amendments, facilitate construction, and expand location opportunities for large retail units.

    7 Apr 2017 · 7 votes
    109 jaa
    46 ei
  19. HE 79/2018 vpPassed

    Abolishing mandatory district heating in local plans

    Municipalities will no longer be able to require new buildings to connect to the district heating network in local detailed plans. Property owners and builders will be free to choose the heating method for their buildings.

    19 Oct 2018 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 147/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming private road administration and maintenance

    The new Private Roads Act will replace regulations that are over 50 years old and make the operation of road cooperatives more flexible. Municipal road boards will be abolished, and state subsidies as well as the handling of disputes and surveys will be transferred to other authorities.

    27 Jun 2018 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jari Myllykoski 1

    144 jaa
    31 ei
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