Government bills5
- HE 187/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding and streamlining plea bargaining
Plea bargaining will be expanded to cover aggravated narcotics offences, aggravated robberies and aggravated human trafficking. A person suspected of an offence can receive a more lenient sentence by confessing to their act, which speeds up and eases the judicial process.
13 May 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 137/2026 vpIn progress
More effective forfeiture of criminal proceeds
Authorities will be able to forfeit criminal assets to the state more easily than before. Forfeiting assets will no longer always require a conviction for a specific individual offence.
11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 219/2024 vpPassed
Tougher penalties for street gang crime
More severe penalties will be imposed for offences linked to the activities of street gangs and for humiliating violence. In addition, using a child under 15 years of age to commit an offence will be made a distinct punishable offence.
23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 107/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming secret information-gathering by Customs
The secret information-gathering methods used in crime prevention by Finnish Customs will be updated to align with the regulation governing the police and the Finnish Border Guard. Telecommunications monitoring authorisations will be granted directly to a person rather than for individual devices, and Finnish Customs will be able to conduct undercover information gathering online.
8 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 29/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Banning plant-based DMT and streamlining permits
Plant preparations containing DMT that are used for intoxicating purposes will be classified as narcotics. At the same time, control and permit procedures for narcotics will be eased and clarified.
5 May 2022 · passed without a vote