Government bills13
- HE 25/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming prison officer training and management
Training as a prison officer will become possible while working in a fixed-term post, and the job titles of prison directors will be reinstated. At the same time, clear rules will be laid down for procuring prison support services, such as substance abuse rehabilitation and transport, from private providers.
9 Sep 2026 · 2 votes100 jaa55 ei - HE 132/2026 vpIn progress
Abolishing the Labour Council and Co-operation Ombudsman
The Labour Council and the Office of the Co-operation Ombudsman will be abolished, and their supervisory duties transferred to other authorities. Appeals against occupational safety and health exemption permits will be made directly to the Labour Court, and a new supervisory fee will be introduced for personnel funds.
18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 13/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming central government regional administration
Central government regional administration will be reformed by merging the Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and parts of the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a new nationwide Licensing and Supervisory Agency. At the same time, the current ELY Centres will be replaced by new vitality centres from 1 January 2026.
19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes153 jaa32 ei - HE 203/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming farm sustainability data collection
The Natural Resources Institute Finland will begin collecting data under the EU Farm Sustainability Data Network from voluntarily participating farms. At the same time, the agency's administrative structure will be reformed and game statistics will be added to its statutory duties.
29 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 136/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing Ara
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (Ara) will be abolished as an independent agency from 1 January 2025. The agency's duties and personnel will be transferred to a centre for state-subsidised housing construction to be established within the Ministry of the Environment.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote97 jaa72 ei - HE 188/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing ARA and transferring tasks
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) will be abolished as a separate agency, and its duties will be transferred to a new Centre for State-subsidised Housing Construction established under the Ministry of the Environment. From 1 March 2025, the new centre will be responsible for granting state housing subsidies, supervising the housing stock, and carrying out the agency's other statutory responsibilities.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote98 jaa72 ei - HE 14/2018 vpLapsed
Regional duty transfers and new agency
Duties of the state and municipalities will be transferred to new self-governing regions and to the State Licensing and Supervisory Agency to be established. The reform brings together the licensing and supervisory duties of the current Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira and the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a single agency.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 57/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming the Criminal Sanctions Agency
The regional administration of the Criminal Sanctions Agency will be dismantled and the agency transformed into a nationwide entity under unified leadership. The aim of the reform is to improve the equal treatment of persons serving sentences and harmonise operating practices across units.
11 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 10/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing the Digital and Population Data Services Agency
The tasks of local register offices and the Population Register Centre will be transferred to the new Digital and Population Data Services Agency from the beginning of 2020. At the same time, the regulation governing personal data registers maintained by the agency and data protection will be clarified and harmonised.
19 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 255/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming duties and registers of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency
The duties of the local register offices and the Population Register Centre will be transferred to the new Digital and Population Data Services Agency from the beginning of 2020. At the same time, the rules governing personal data registers and data processing maintained by the agency will be harmonised.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 233/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing the Digital and Population Data Services Agency
The Population Register Centre and the local register offices will be merged into a new nationwide Digital and Population Data Services Agency. The new agency will promote public administration e-services and be responsible for citizens' everyday register and legal protection services.
11 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 61/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming transport and communications agencies
State agencies in the transport and communications sector will be merged into Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The Finnish Transport Agency's name will change to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, and it will focus on maintaining and developing roads, railways and waterways.
9 Nov 2018 · 1 vote94 jaa69 ei - HE 104/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the proposal establishing Traficom
The proposal makes technical and substantive adjustments to an earlier proposal to establish the new Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The amendments ensure that the agency reform will enter into force at the beginning of 2019.
24 Oct 2018 · passed without a vote