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Government bills8

Topicpunishability8
  1. HE 47/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Criminalising Holocaust and war crimes denial

    Public denial or gross trivialisation of genocide established by international courts, such as the Holocaust, and other serious war crimes will be made a punishable offence in Finland. The act will be punishable if it incites hatred or violence and disturbs public order.

    18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 34/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding wilderness inspectors' powers

    Wilderness inspectors of Metsähallitus (the state forest enterprise) and other supervisory authorities will gain the right to inspect the backpacks and other carried items of hunters and fishers if they are suspected of having breached the rules. In addition, failing to obey an order or a stop signal given by a wilderness inspector will become a punishable offence.

    19 Nov 2024 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Veronika Honkasalo

    142 jaa
    17 ei
  3. HE 105/2023 vpPassed

    Clarifying criminalisation of misappropriating EU funds

    The misappropriation of European Union funds and attempts to do so will be explicitly criminalised in the Criminal Code. At the same time, corporate criminal liability will be extended to certain bribery and misappropriation offences that damage the EU's finances.

    15 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 69/2024 vpPassed

    Criminalising female genital mutilation

    Female genital mutilation and its preparation will be made specific punishable offences in the Criminal Code, and taking a person abroad to be subjected to mutilation will also be criminalised. At the same time, the right to bring charges for completed manslaughter will no longer be subject to a statute of limitations, and the specific provision on infanticide will be repealed.

    28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 65/2024 vpPassed

    Defining forced marriage as human trafficking

    Forcing someone into marriage or a comparable informal union will be explicitly criminalised in the Criminal Code as human trafficking. The amendment will clarify the ability of the authorities to intervene in forced marriages and improve the position of victims.

    14 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 258/2016 vpPassed

    Corporate fines for aggravated accounting offences

    Companies and other entities can be sentenced to a penalty for aggravated accounting offences committed in their operations. The change will make combating economic crime and corruption more effective.

    24 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 13/2022 vpPassed

    Consent-based reform of sexual offences

    The definition of rape and other sexual offences will become consent-based, making an act punishable whenever participation is not voluntary. At the same time, penalties for sexual offences against children will be tightened and criminal offences redefined.

    5 Jul 2022 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Käsittelyn pohja, valiokunnan ehdotus / Pihla Keto-Huovinen

    87 jaa
    69 ei
  8. HE 89/2021 vpPassed

    Expanding criminal liability for terrorism offences

    Participation in the activities of a terrorist group and incitement to terrorism offences will become more broadly punishable. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to use secret coercive measures and intelligence-gathering methods to prevent and investigate these offences.

    8 Dec 2021 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus 3 , mietintö / Jani Mäkelä

    84 jaa
    61 ei