Government bills7
- HE 197/2025 vpPassed
Streamlining further training for nurses
Nurses will be able to qualify as paramedics, midwives and public health nurses through separate supplementary education without completing a second full university of applied sciences degree. Paramedic and public health nurse qualifications can still also be completed directly as an integrated programme in connection with nursing studies.
22 May 2026 · 3 votes91 jaa77 ei - HE 15/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening taxi sector regulation
Regulation of the taxi sector will be tightened by introducing mandatory taximeters, dedicated taxi registration plates and mandatory training for drivers. At the same time, new criminal convictions will be added as grounds for refusing licences to taxi entrepreneurs and drivers.
12 Jun 2026 · 8 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
157 jaa13 ei - HE 147/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Abolishing training compensation for employers
Training compensation paid to employers will be abolished from the beginning of 2026. Public sector and non-governmental organisation employers will no longer receive compensation from the state for salary costs incurred during their employees' training.
16 Dec 2025 · 1 vote93 jaa69 ei - HE 111/2024 vpPassed
Reducing administrative burden in early childhood education and care
Municipalities and private early childhood education and care providers will no longer be required to draw up local early childhood education and care plans or to report staff continuing education to the national data repository. The reform aims to reduce the administrative burden of early childhood education and care and save working time.
22 Nov 2024 · 1 vote92 jaa68 ei - HE 96/2024 vpPassed
Reforming general staff officer training
The separate postgraduate degree of general staff officer will be abolished and replaced with a continuing education course at the National Defence University. The reform will shorten officers' study time and improve the compatibility of the education system with NATO countries.
28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 152/2018 vpPassed
Facilitating higher education and continuous learning
The flexibility of higher education studies and opportunities for continuous learning will be increased to meet the needs of working life. Student admissions and internal transfers within higher education institutions will also be made easier.
20 Dec 2018 · 5 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 28 a §, mietintö / Sami Savio
164 jaa16 ei - HE 39/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Vocational education and training reform
Vocational education and training for young people and adults will be combined into a single system in which studies are individually tailored for each student. The funding and steering of education will be reformed to emphasize the acquisition of skills and employment rather than study time alone.
6 Jul 2017 · 23 votes112 jaa57 ei