Istuntosali

Government bills19

Topicharmonisation19
  1. HE 116/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming international postal rules

    Finland would approve the updated international rules of the Universal Postal Convention. At the same time, the national Postal Act would be revised by removing discontinued international reply coupons from it.

    16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  2. HE 157/2026 vpIn progress

    Stricter penalties for environmental offences

    Legislation on environmental offences will be tightened and several new environmental offence categories will be added to the Criminal Code. At the same time, penalties imposed for the acts and corporate fines imposed on companies will be raised considerably.

    18 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  3. 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 votes
    103 jaa
    53 ei
  4. HE 193/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising police online undercover powers

    The police will be able to extend undercover operations conducted solely online to cover new offences or individuals in the middle of an operation if the situation requires it. The amendment will bring police powers into line with the provisions governing the Finnish Border Guard and Finnish Customs.

    27 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 115/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming basic education in the arts

    Basic education in the arts will move to a single national syllabus, and applicants under the age of 18 will be given priority in student admissions if there is competition for places. At the same time, the criteria for central government transfers for the provision of education and cooperation between educational institutions will be reformed.

    10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  6. HE 163/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising private schools' home municipality compensation

    The home municipality compensation received by private comprehensive schools will rise from 94 per cent to 100 per cent. At the same time, private schools will have a statutory obligation to provide special support for their pupils.

    17 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 2/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising steering of wellbeing services counties

    The central government will harmonise the steering of wellbeing services counties and bring together the objectives and negotiations for health and social services and rescue services. The Ministry of Finance will assume primary responsibility for coordinating steering activities across different ministries.

    1 Jul 2024 · 4 votes
    97 jaa
    71 ei
  8. HE 41/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Centralising and streamlining environmental permits

    Environmental permit and assessment procedures will be brought together under the new national Licensing and Supervisory Agency, allowing different permits to be processed at once in the same place. The reform will accelerate and streamline permitting for investments and extend the priority processing of green transition projects.

    19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    121 jaa
    62 ei
  9. 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
  10. HE 89/2026 vpIn progress

    Streamlining state contributions to social benefits

    The payment of central government contributions to pension institutions and Kela will be streamlined by abolishing the ministry's separate preliminary decisions. The change is administrative and will not affect the benefits paid or their recipients.

    2 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  11. HE 213/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming consumer product and service safety

    Regulation on the safety of consumer products and consumer services will be reformed and separated into distinct acts. The reform will implement the EU General Product Safety Regulation and update the safety requirements for consumer services.

    3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 202/2024 vpPassed

    Stricter penalties for sanctions violations

    Violating international sanctions will become punishable more severely than before. Companies can be imposed corporate fines of up to tens of millions of euros, and aggravated offences will carry up to five years of imprisonment.

    27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 10/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Mandatory insurance for rental e-scooters

    Mandatory motor liability insurance will be introduced for all rental electric scooters and for light electric vehicles weighing more than 25 kilograms or having a speed exceeding 25 km/h. In addition, injuries caused by drivers to themselves in motorsport competitions will no longer be compensated under motor liability insurance.

    25 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 69/2022 vpPassed

    Standardising investment product key information documents

    Basic information on mutual funds and other investment products will be presented to investors using an EU-wide standardised key information document. The reform will make it easier to compare different investment options and remove overlapping disclosure requirements for fund management companies.

    11 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 32/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming fertiliser quality and supervision rules

    Fertiliser legislation will be reformed to align with EU regulation, which will particularly facilitate market access for recycled fertilisers. At the same time, supervision of fertilisers will be enhanced and binding limits will be set for the use of phosphorus.

    5 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 147/2021 vpPassed

    Harmonising funding for TUVA education

    The funding level for the new preparatory education for programmes leading to an upper secondary qualification (TUVA education) will be harmonised across different types of educational institutions. At the same time, education provider licences and municipalities' right to organise education will be clarified.

    2 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 54/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising excise and car tax procedures

    The declaration, payment and appeal procedures for excise duties and car tax will be reformed and harmonised with other taxes. Excise duties will become self-assessed taxes and their payment deadlines will be extended.

    4 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 16/2017 vpLapsed

    Transferring rescue services to regions

    The responsibility for organising rescue services will be transferred from municipalities to the regions to be established from 1 January 2019. At the same time, central government steering will be strengthened and rescue departments' opportunity to continue providing emergency medical services will be safeguarded.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  19. HE 46/2026 vpIn progress

    Extending data protection fines to authorities

    Administrative fines could be imposed on public authorities and other public bodies for breaches of data protection rules. At the same time, situations in which citizens do not need to be notified of a data breach would be clarified.

    3 Jun 2026 · no votes yet