Government bills38
- HE 113/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Licensing ground stations and remote sensing
Operating satellite ground stations, radars and satellite remote sensing will become subject to a licence in Finland. The reform will protect national security and supervise the distribution of satellite data.
21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 143/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Electronic monitoring and enhancement of restraining orders
Electronic monitoring using a monitoring ankle tag and positioning device can be attached to an extended restraining order in situations involving a serious threat of violence. In addition, the police will be able to impose a temporary restraining order on their own initiative at a lower threshold than before, and applying for a restraining order will always become free of charge.
20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 196/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening drinking water safety and monitoring
The purity and quality of drinking water will be protected more rigorously across the entire water supply chain, from raw water to the consumer's tap. At the same time, public access to information about water quality, price and consumption will be improved.
2 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 14/2026 vpIn progress
Preventing the release of dangerous prisoners
Preventive detention will be introduced in Finland, allowing the prison terms of the most dangerous prisoners to be extended after their sentence has ended. At the same time, access to parole for life prisoners will be tightened if the prisoner is assessed as still posing a danger to others.
4 Jun 2026 · no votes yet - HE 135/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Mandatory gambling identification and payment blocking
Mandatory identification will be introduced for all Veikkaus gambling games, and payments transferred to unauthorised foreign gambling websites will begin to be blocked. Illegal marketing of gambling will be tackled with new fines and administrative penalty payments.
21 Dec 2021 · 15 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus 62 l § , mietintö / Riikka Purra , Mari-Leena Talvitie
82 jaa61 ei - HE 100/2021 vpPassed
Earlier bank resolution fund mutualisation
Finland would approve an amendment to the agreement concerning the EU banking union's resolution fund. The amendment would accelerate the mutualisation of banks' extraordinary ex-post contributions and strengthen the resolution fund's backstop facility.
12 Nov 2021 · 2 votes - HE 99/2021 vpPassed
Reforming the European stability mechanism
Finland will approve the amendments to the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The reform will establish a backstop facility for the Single Resolution Fund for banks within the stability mechanism and clarify the conditions for supporting euro area countries in an economic crisis.
12 Nov 2021 · 6 votes - HE 242/2020 vpPassed with amendments
More flexible municipal finances and administration
The Local Government Act and the Transfer Tax Act will be amended to streamline municipalities' financial management, decision-making, and cooperation. Among other things, the reform clarifies the rules on electronic meetings, extends the right of initiative, and establishes a statutory framework for mergers of joint municipal authorities.
10 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 171/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening banks' resilience and supervision
Capital requirements, resolution rules and supervisory powers for banks and other credit institutions will be reformed in line with EU regulation. The reforms strengthen the resilience of the financial sector and reduce the need for public funds in potential banking crises.
11 Mar 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 36/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming and streamlining food control
The rules on food control will be reformed and authorities' supervisory powers increased, including with regard to online sales. At the same time, red tape related to food business operators' in-house control will be reduced.
16 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 286/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening control of invasive alien species
Raccoon dogs, American minks and certain other invasive alien species will be removed from the list of game animals to make trapping and destroying them easier than before. At the same time, the golden jackal, which may spread to Finland, will be added as a game species to manage its population.
11 Apr 2019 · 5 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 41 a §, mietintö / Mats Nylund
104 jaa67 ei - HE 278/2018 vpPassed
Developing Keva's risk management and services
Keva's obligation to assess the risks of its operations will be tightened and reducing the risk of work disability will be made one of its statutory duties. At the same time, the services supporting work ability provided by Keva will be extended to cover central government employers as well.
26 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 205/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming regulation of supplementary pension institutions
Rules on the governance, supervision and information provided to insured persons by pension foundations and funds offering voluntary supplementary pensions will be reformed. Insured persons will begin receiving an annual free pension benefit statement on accrued pension rights and pension projections.
20 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 208/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Easier financial support for rental housing
Financial support measures for rental housing entities owning state-subsidised housing will be eased and brought forward. Amendments to loan terms, grants and partial loan forgiveness can be granted even before an entity drifts into serious financial difficulties.
19 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 192/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Improving information security in essential services
Organisations critical to the functioning of society and digital services would be required to ensure the security of their information systems. They would also have to report significant information security incidents to the authorities.
13 Apr 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 143/2017 vpPassed
Regulating new payment services
Provisions on new digital payment services, such as account information and payment initiation services, will be added to the act. The reform obliges banks to open their interfaces to new service providers and improves payment security.
8 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 137/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing additional capital requirements for banks
The Financial Supervisory Authority will be given the power to require banks and investment firms to hold an additional capital buffer against structural risks in the economy. The reform will improve the stability of the financial system and reduce the likelihood of banking crises.
24 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 27/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the 2016 supplementary budget
A supplementary proposal to the 2016 supplementary budget (HE 9/2016 vp), detailing the Government's adjustments to the current year's budget amendments. It is considered together with the main supplementary budget proposal.
8 Apr 2016 · passed without a vote