Government bills4
- HE 64/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening rules on first-time imprisonment
An offender who has previously served a prison sentence will no longer be eligible for release on parole under first-time offender terms, even if several years have passed since the previous conviction. An offender can be considered a first-time prisoner only once.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote112 jaa53 ei - HE 220/2024 vpPassed
Increasing victim surcharges
Victim surcharges collected from persons convicted of an offence will be increased by half. The increases will strengthen the funding of support services provided to victims of crime.
27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 97/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening the independence of HEUNI
The regulation of the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) will be updated and its independence strengthened. The institute will operate within the administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice instead of being directly subordinate to it, and will be granted the right to decide on its own rules of procedure.
28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening parole conditions
A prisoner may be released on parole after serving half of their sentence only if at least five years have passed since the previous sentence served in prison. Previously, a period of three years was sufficient for this so-called first-offender treatment.
5 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote