Government bills8
- 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 78/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening financial steering of wellbeing services counties
The state will introduce an anticipatory financial steering procedure for wellbeing services counties whose financial management is at risk. At the same time, the threshold for initiating an assessment procedure for a wellbeing services county will be lowered, and the possibility of examining mergers of counties will be accelerated.
18 Dec 2024 · 5 votes106 jaa90 ei - HE 157/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Transfer of rescue officer training
Responsibility for organising university of applied sciences education for rescue services officers will be transferred from Savonia University of Applied Sciences to the Police University College. At the same time, the training programme and its funding will be transferred entirely to the administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior.
25 Nov 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 63/2020 vpPassed
Transfer of police chief appointments
The appointment of heads of police departments will be transferred from the Ministry of the Interior to the National Police Board. At the same time, the duty of police leadership and the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) to report significant matters to the ministry will be specified.
23 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 240/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring rescue services to regions
Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 189/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Updating oil pollution fund references
The Act on the Oil Pollution Compensation Fund would be updated to correspond to new rescue services legislation. The amendment would have no impact on the possibility of receiving compensation from the fund.
18 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 173/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining EU home affairs funds
Programme amendments for EU home affairs funds will be streamlined by transferring minor and technical decisions from the Government to the Ministry of the Interior. At the same time, other revenue generated by projects will be taken into account in the amount of aid paid.
13 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 131/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Incorporating state reception centres into Migri
State reception centres will be transferred into the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) will decide independently on the establishment and closure of reception centres.
2 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote