Government bills118
- HE 81/2024 vpPassed
Taking foreign business prohibitions into account
Business prohibitions imposed or business offences committed in another EEA country can in future be taken into account in Finland when considering a business prohibition against a person. Authorities will also begin exchanging information on valid business prohibitions with other EU and EEA countries.
18 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 104/2023 vpPassed
Listing reproductive hazards at work
Employers will be required to keep a list of employees exposed at work to agents hazardous to reproductive health. The employer must retain these exposure records for five years.
15 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 103/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Digitalising private early childhood education licensing
The licensing and registration procedure for private day-care centres will become electronic and transfer to a new register of service providers. Authorities will obtain the information concerning operating conditions directly from other authorities.
15 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2023 vpPassed
Opening credit data to scientific research
Data from the positive credit register may be disclosed to Statistics Finland for scientific research and statistical surveys. At the same time, technical specifications will be made to the operation of the register before its deployment.
15 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 68/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Digital badges and study centre funding
Skills acquired in liberal adult education could be demonstrated through official digital open badges recorded in the national register of education records. At the same time, rules on training subsidies paid by study centres to organisations and the oversight of political party funding would be clarified.
15 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 50/2023 vpPassed
Assigning data intermediation supervision to Traficom
Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will begin supervising data intermediation services and data sharing for the public benefit in Finland. The agency will be able to issue reprimands and impose financial penalty payments on operators that violate the rules.
12 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 35/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising qualifications register and student places
The register of completed competence-based qualifications will be centralised under the Finnish National Agency for Education, and opportunities for experimentation will be expanded. In addition, the ministry will be able to reduce the official student quotas of vocational institutions on its own initiative in 2016–2017.
14 Jun 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jukka Gustafsson
101 jaa60 ei - HE 299/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Harmonising health and social services supervision
Public and private providers of health and social services will come under identical supervision and a joint registration system. Commencing operations will require registration in the new nationwide Soteri register instead of applying for separate licences.
24 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 249/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising construction qualification verification
The qualifications of designers and site managers in construction projects will be demonstrated with a fixed-term certificate of qualification issued by an authorised body. The change will remove the need to prove education and work experience separately for each construction project and building permit.
24 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 244/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Digitalising the Trade Register and strengthening oversight
Filing with the Trade Register will become largely mandatory in electronic format for businesses, and companies will have to confirm their details annually. At the same time, the mandatory requirement to register in the Trade Register will be abolished for most sole traders.
16 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 184/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring smoke alarm responsibility to building owners
Procurement and maintenance of smoke alarms in dwellings will be transferred from residents to building owners, such as housing companies. At the same time, the leadership of rescue operations, situational picture activities, and authorities' supervisory duties will be clarified.
8 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 301/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Publishing appellate board interests online
Interests of members of social security appeal boards and the Traffic and Patient Accident Board will be compiled into a public online register alongside information on judges. Anyone will be able to search and inspect the public interest information of board members in the register maintained by the Legal Register Centre.
6 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 149/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming emergency response centre data protection
Legislation on emergency response centre operations will be reformed to meet EU data protection requirements and align with the wellbeing services county reform. At the same time, controllership responsibilities for emergency response centre data and the rights of authorities to receive information will be defined more clearly.
1 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 101/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening terms for housing loans
The maturity of new housing loans and housing company loans will as a rule be limited to a maximum of 30 years, and the share of housing company loans in new-build properties will be reduced. In addition, supervision of all consumer credit will be transferred to the Financial Supervisory Authority.
2 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 72/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Facilitating research use of statistical data
An official researcher and data service will be created for Statistics Finland, through which researchers and authorities can access datasets more quickly and extensively. At the same time, Statistics Finland's rights to collect data from various registers will be expanded.
18 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 210/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Moving EU home affairs grants online
Applications for, disbursement of and reporting on grants from the EU's home affairs funds will be transferred to a new electronic information system. Organisations applying for grants and authorities will conduct transactions digitally using strong electronic identification.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 188/2016 vpPassed
Reforming joint public service points
Joint customer service points in public administration will be reformed to better provide guidance and support for digital transactions. Customer services can be provided via remote connections or home visits, for example, alongside traditional in-person visits.
21 Apr 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa58 ei - HE 168/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Digitalising housing company renovation and loan data
Renovation and loan data of housing companies will be transferred to the electronic residential and commercial property information system in a machine-readable format. The reform will speed up access to information in property transactions and incorporate housing company loans into the positive credit register.
1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing new EU border systems
Finland will introduce the EU's new entry/exit and travel authorisation systems for crossing external borders. Visa-exempt travellers will be required to obtain an electronic advance authorisation, and biometric data will be registered for border crossers instead of stamping passports.
1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 161/2022 vpPassed
Digital quality evaluation system for early childhood education and care
A national digital system will be established in Finland for evaluating and developing the quality of early childhood education and care. Daycare centres and other service providers can use it to evaluate their own activities and improve quality.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote