Government bills37
- HE 131/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Online alcohol sales and home delivery
Ordering alcohol for home delivery from Finnish shops, Alko and foreign online stores will be permitted. At the same time, online advertising of strong alcoholic beverages will be allowed.
25 Jun 2026 · 5 votes98 jaa77 ei - HE 16/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Opening the gambling market to competition
Finland's gambling system will be partially opened to competition by moving to a licensing system where companies can offer online gambling under a licence granted by the supervisory authority. Part of gambling, such as lotteries and physical slot machines, will remain the exclusive right of the state-owned company Veikkaus.
19 Dec 2025 · 19 votes158 jaa9 ei - HE 36/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cheaper private doctors for over-65s
People aged 65 and over will be able to see a private general practitioner for the price of a public health centre client fee, and half the cost of examinations prescribed during the visit will be reimbursed. The amendment aims to speed up access to care for older people and reduce the burden on public primary healthcare.
19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes100 jaa84 ei - HE 177/2024 vpPassed
Restricting school transport subsidy
Only students entitled to free upper secondary education will receive school transport subsidy. Other upper secondary students will no longer receive subsidy for their journeys to school.
2 Dec 2024 · 2 votes118 jaa37 ei - HE 125/2024 vpPassed
Raising minimum age for Kela benefits
The minimum age for the national pension, guarantee pension, rehabilitation allowance and sickness allowance paid by Kela will rise from 16 to 18 years. The change aligns the age limits for social security benefits with the end of compulsory education and the age at which parents' maintenance liability ends.
22 Nov 2024 · 7 votes113 jaa47 ei - HE 11/2025 vpPassed
Tightening conditions for family reunification
Conditions for family reunification will be tightened by setting an age limit of 21 years for residence permits for spouses and requiring beneficiaries of international protection to have resided in Finland for two years before bringing their family to the country. In addition, secured means of support will, as a rule, be required for the entry of a guardian of a minor who has received subsidiary protection.
15 May 2025 · 7 votes103 jaa51 ei - HE 75/2025 vpPassed
Raising reserve age limit to 65
The upper age limit for liability for military service and membership of the reserve will rise from 60 to 65 years. At the same time, the upper age limit for participating in voluntary national defence activities will be removed.
10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2025 vpPassed
Easing rules for property officials
Qualification requirements for municipal real estate engineers will be broadened and the maximum age for serving as an attesting notary will be raised to 70 years. The changes will make recruitment easier for municipalities and allow attesting notaries to serve for a longer period.
9 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2024 vpWithdrawn
Allowing home delivery of alcohol
Alko and alcohol retailers will be permitted to deliver alcoholic beverages directly to customers. The age of the person ordering and the recipient must be verified both during online ordering and upon delivery.
23 Sep 2025 · no votes - HE 133/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Adding coeliac compensation to social assistance
Recipients of social assistance who have coeliac disease can receive a monthly supplement of 25 euros for food costs under basic social assistance. The supplement compensates for the extra costs of a gluten-free diet for persons aged 16 or over.
11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2024 vpPassed
Harmonising Defence Forces retirement ages
Rules on the retirement ages of Finnish Defence Forces personnel will be clarified by repealing an old exception. The change will ensure that increases to the retirement age apply equally across all personnel and that no one's service ends before their pension entitlement begins.
20 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 190/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Increasing transparency in political funding
Transparency in election and party funding will be increased by requiring significant campaign loans and their guarantors to be declared. In addition, the compulsory membership ballot in parliamentary elections will be abolished, and the minimum age for signing a European Citizens' Initiative will be lowered to 16 years.
12 Jun 2025 · 12 votesClosest vote · Wording of a section
131 jaa65 ei - HE 49/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Raising fisheries management fee age limit
The upper age limit for liability to pay the fisheries management fee will rise from 64 to 69 years. The change will apply to persons who turn 65 during or after 2024.
14 Dec 2023 · 2 votes181 jaa0 ei - HE 79/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Raising aftercare age for unaccompanied minors
The upper age limit for support measures for young people who arrived in Finland as unaccompanied minors and have been granted a residence permit will rise from 21 to 25. The state will reimburse municipalities for the costs of young people's housing and support services up to the age of 25.
24 Jun 2020 · 1 vote45 jaa10 ei - HE 182/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming voluntary military service for women
The Act on Voluntary Military Service for Women would be reformed and brought into line with the Constitution. At the same time, the period for voluntarily discontinuing service would be shortened to 30 days and the provisions harmonised with the Conscription Act.
11 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 56/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering child welfare after-care age
The age limit for child welfare after-care will be lowered from 25 to 23 years. At the same time, responsibilities for organising early childhood education and care for children placed in care and the division of costs between municipalities will be clarified.
19 Dec 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Ilmari Nurminen
118 jaa57 ei - HE 254/2022 vpLapsed
Increasing transparency in election funding
Oversight and disclosure requirements for election and political party funding will be tightened to enhance transparency. In addition, the minimum age for signing a European citizens' initiative will be lowered to 16, and the rules on candidate selection for parties will be made more flexible.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 71/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Adjusting after-care age limits
The final payout age for child welfare independent living allowance will rise to 25 and the definition of a young person will expand to cover 18–24-year-olds. At the same time, it is clarified that extended after-care applies to children and young people who are receiving support at the start of 2020.
19 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 54/2022 vpPassed with amendments
More flexible compulsory education rules
Flexibility is introduced to completing compulsory education and related support so that a suitable educational path can be found for every young person. At the same time, foreign minors residing in the country solely for study purposes are excluded from compulsory education and free learning materials.
1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 45/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Raising ASP loans and age limits
The upper age limit for starting ASP saving will rise to 44 years, and people buying a home together can receive an ASP interest-subsidy loan that is 50 per cent larger than for a single buyer. At the same time, the maximum state guarantee for owner-occupied housing loans will be raised to 60,000 euros.
28 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote