Government bills44
- HE 51/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up enforcement of deportations
Deportation decisions will be enforceable faster than at present, and lodging an appeal will no longer automatically prevent removal from the country. In addition, an entry ban can be imposed on a person posing a security threat before they enter the country.
4 Jun 2026 · 1 vote147 jaa22 ei - HE 26/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming enforcement of fines and forfeitures
The ordering of conversion sentences for unpaid fines, the enforcement of forfeitures, and the granting of extensions to pay fines will be streamlined and digitalised. Those liable to pay will also be able to request an administrative review of decisions made by the Legal Register Centre.
12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 10/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining asylum procedures and speeding deportations
Reviewing asylum interview records during interview sessions will be discontinued, and travel documents issued to beneficiaries of protection will include a ban on travelling to their home country. At the same time, the enforcement of deportation decisions for those who have received a negative decision will be expedited.
9 May 2025 · 2 votes103 jaa53 ei - HE 120/2026 vpIn progress
Enhancing prison security and supervision
The Criminal Sanctions Agency will receive clearer powers to restrict prison operations in serious societal disruptions and to supervise prisoners in everyday life. At the same time, security requirements for prison leaves will be tightened, and prisoners' ability to use their personal payment cards will be promoted.
11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 119/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of arbitration
The Arbitration Act will be replaced by a new arbitration act based on the international UN Model Law. At the same time, procedural rules and terminology will be updated to meet modern digital and international requirements.
10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 28/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming extradition rules for offenders
Finnish citizens or long-term residents of Finland will be able to be extradited more flexibly to another EU or Nordic country to serve a prison sentence or stand trial. Decisions on extradition will always be based on a court's case-by-case assessment.
5 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 5/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying collection of fines and penalties
The recovery of fines, infringement fees and other administrative sanctions and the limitation rules will be harmonised. At the same time, the penal demand procedure used in fining will be abolished and the recovery of crime damage compensation will be centralised to the Legal Register Centre.
23 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 24/2025 vpPassed
Clarifying emissions trading and technical amendments
The Emissions Trading Act will be updated to align more closely with EU legislation, and technical errors identified in the act will be corrected. At the same time, the rules on when installations burning large amounts of biomass must be covered by emissions trading will be clarified.
22 May 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 73/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Updating Ministry of Justice decree powers
Acts in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice will be updated so that the powers of the ministry and the Government to issue decrees meet the requirements of the Constitution. Old and imprecise general authorisations will be repealed or replaced with precise provisions.
7 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 181/2022 vpPassed
Easing partial sickness and rehabilitation benefits
The maximum duration of partial sickness allowance will be extended and eligibility conditions will be eased to support staying in employment. At the same time, conditions for rehabilitation allowance and subsistence during rehabilitation will be improved, and the implementation of the benefits will be clarified.
30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 130/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Ensuring essential care during industrial disputes
The life and health of patients and home care clients would be safeguarded during industrial disputes by making it possible to assign personnel to essential care duties. When necessary, the authority could postpone or suspend a strike and oblige healthcare professionals to perform client and patient safety work.
20 Sep 2022 · 12 votes109 jaa38 ei - HE 98/2023 vpPassed
Protecting defence inventions and technical data
Finland will implement NATO agreements that safeguard the secrecy of defence-related inventions and the protection of technical information between member states. The agreements will make it possible to file secret patent applications and facilitate the exchange of confidential technological information among allies.
1 Mar 2024 · 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 21/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Specifying environmental requirements for power lines
The environmental impacts of route selection and construction methods will be taken into account more closely in expropriation permits for major power lines and pipelines. Authorities will be able to impose binding environmental conditions on projects, compliance with which will be supervised by the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment).
8 Dec 2023 · 4 votesClosest vote · Mietintö / Helena Marttila
119 jaa56 ei - HE 14/2018 vpLapsed
Regional duty transfers and new agency
Duties of the state and municipalities will be transferred to new self-governing regions and to the State Licensing and Supervisory Agency to be established. The reform brings together the licensing and supervisory duties of the current Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira and the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a single agency.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 21/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining cross-border family matters
Family law decisions issued in another EU country, such as divorce and custody rulings, could be enforced directly in Finland without a separate declaration of enforceability. In addition, the enforcement of return decisions and interim measures in international child abduction cases would be expedited.
13 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 246/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming criminal sanctions procedures and data protection
Provisions on the processing of personal data and registers at the Criminal Sanctions Agency will be reformed to meet EU data protection requirements. At the same time, procedures and decision-making relating to the enforcement of imprisonment and community sanctions will be clarified and harmonised.
19 Nov 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 31 §, mietintö / Mari Rantanen
102 jaa72 ei - HE 202/2021 vpPassed
Extending unemployment security flexibilities through 2022
The temporary exceptions smoothing the processing and payment of unemployment benefits would be extended until the end of 2022. Unemployment benefits could still be paid in advance for up to six months, and the calculation of adjusted benefits would remain simplified.
17 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 120/2021 vpPassed
Extending COVID-19 unemployment flexibilities
Temporary COVID-19 exceptions to unemployment security will be extended until the end of November 2021. The extension supports the livelihood of the unemployed and facilitates taking up work as well as the processing of benefit applications.
22 Sep 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 210/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening competition enforcement and sanctions
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will receive broader powers to investigate competition infringements, impose remedies and engage in cross-border cooperation with other EU member states. Penalty payments may also be imposed on companies for breaching investigative procedures and failing to comply with decisions.
9 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote