Government bills2584

Mikko Polvinen

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 189/2025 vpRejected

    Extending wellbeing services counties' deficit coverage

    Wellbeing services counties would be able to apply to the Ministry of Finance for additional time to cover their accumulated deficits until the end of 2027 or 2028. In addition, the deadline for submitting wellbeing services counties' investment plans to ministries would be postponed.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    27 May 2026 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion

    94 jaa
    77 ei
  2. HE 27/2026 vpPassed

    Extending wellbeing services county deficit coverage

    Wellbeing services counties can receive additional time to cover their accumulated financial deficits until the end of 2029. The change gives the counties in the most difficult position more time to adjust their finances.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    26 May 2026 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 169/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Digitalising and centralising public administration archiving

    A new Archiving Act will be enacted in Finland, bringing public administration archiving into the digital age and centralising permanently preserved electronic data in the National Archives of Finland. The reform makes it easier to find public authority materials and enables municipalities and wellbeing services counties to transfer their electronic archives into the central government's shared repository.

    Mikko Polvinen: Yes
    26 May 2026 · 5 votes
    115 jaa
    54 ei
  4. HE 199/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Facilitating fixed-term employment contracts

    Employers will be able to hire a new employee on a fixed-term employment contract for up to one year without a justified reason. In addition, the lay-off notice period will be shortened from 14 days to seven days, and the obligation to re-employ dismissed employees will be removed for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    22 May 2026 · 1 vote
    93 jaa
    78 ei
  5. 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.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    22 May 2026 · 3 votes
    91 jaa
    77 ei
  6. HE 58/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Official mail in private digital mailboxes

    Citizens will be able to receive electronic notifications and messages from public authorities not only in the Suomi.fi service but also in private digital mail services of their choice. This makes it possible to gather official mail and messages from private companies in the same application if desired.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    25 Jun 2026 · 11 votes
    100 jaa
    74 ei
  7. HE 17/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing digital identity cards and wallets

    Finland will introduce a phone-based digital identity card and a European digital identity wallet application. The reform will make it possible to prove identity, manage digital permits and certificates, and provide official electronic signatures using a mobile device.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    25 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 182/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding information exchange between security authorities

    The police and other security authorities will be given broader rights to disclose confidential information on their own initiative and to obtain personal data from health and social services and telecoms companies. The reform will facilitate the prevention and investigation of crime, searches for missing persons, and the protection of critical infrastructure.

    Mikko Polvinen: Yes
    25 Jun 2026 · 2 votes
    151 jaa
    23 ei
  9. HE 74/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming integration and language training services

    Integration and language training services will be reformed by emphasising immigrants' personal responsibility, language learning and employment. Funding for the services will be consolidated into a single channel within the central government transfers to municipalities for basic public services, and the system will be streamlined to achieve savings.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    22 Jun 2026 · 1 vote
    102 jaa
    85 ei
  10. HE 66/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Transferring ambulance transport from Kela

    The financing and organisation of ambulance transport will be transferred entirely from Kela to the wellbeing services counties from the beginning of 2028. At the same time, client fees for health and social services will begin to be increased annually in line with cost developments in the wellbeing services counties.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    22 Jun 2026 · 1 vote
    102 jaa
    85 ei
  11. HE 146/2026 vpIn progress

    Extending the last pension institution principle

    Pension applicants will receive their earnings-related pension through a single decision even when their career includes working at the Bank of Finland or in Åland's public sector. In addition, pension institutions' access to health data will be sped up by enabling electronic retrieval of data directly from the Kanta services.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    18 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Suna Kymäläisen ehdotus EI

    96 jaa
    77 ei
  12. HE 145/2026 vpIn progress

    Easier smoking bans in housing companies

    Housing companies would be granted the right to ban smoking on residents' balconies and in apartments by their own decision without a municipal permit process. At the same time, the sale of CBD and certain other cannabinoids in tobacco products and tobacco substitutes would be prohibited.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    18 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI

    96 jaa
    79 ei
  13. HE 82/2026 vpPassed

    Reforming packaging waste regulation and supervision

    Finnish legislation will be amended to align with the EU's new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. New financial obligations will be imposed on packaging producers, and the supervisory duties of public authorities will be specified.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    16 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 67/2026 vpPassed

    Streamlining correction of erroneous Kela decisions

    Kela will be able to correct a clear error in a benefit decision to the recipient's detriment without their consent if the error is due to the client's own conduct. In addition, the payment of sickness allowance could be suspended or reduced more quickly than before when circumstances change, to prevent overpayments from accumulating.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote
  15. 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.

    Mikko Polvinen: Yes
    12 Jun 2026 · 8 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion

    157 jaa
    13 ei
  16. HE 2/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Restricting direct procurement from in-house companies

    Rules on public procurement will be reformed to increase competition and save public funds. The use of in-house companies owned by the public sector will be restricted, and tendering procedures will more frequently have to be divided into lots so that small enterprises can also participate in them.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    12 Jun 2026 · 22 votes
    91 jaa
    83 ei
  17. HE 201/2025 vpPassed

    Pledging fishing quotas as loan collateral

    Commercial fishers will be able to pledge the rights of use to their fishing quotas as collateral for bank loans for investments. At the same time, the conditions for trap net fishing of Baltic herring will be eased and the forfeiture of fishing rights to the state will be prevented where fishing has been hindered by fishing bans or poor catches.

    Mikko Polvinen: No
    30 Apr 2026 · 1 vote
    158 jaa
    20 ei
  18. HE 57/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Clarifying taxation of foreign investment funds

    The taxation of foreign investment funds will be permanently clarified when they are managed from Finland. The act defines the conditions under which a foreign fund will not be deemed liable to tax in Finland on the basis of the activities of a Finnish fund manager.

    Mikko Polvinen: Yes
    10 Jun 2026 · 1 vote
    148 jaa
    21 ei
  19. HE 19/2026 vpPassed

    Clarifying transport rules and driving entitlements

    Temporary transport operations by foreign vehicles in Finland will be monitored and penalised more strictly with administrative penalty fees. At the same time, passenger car driving licences will permit the driving of heavier low-emission vans and lorries.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    29 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 135/2026 vpIn progress

    Streamlining real estate register corrections

    Surveys related to correcting real estate register errors and private road surveys can be conducted solely in writing without a separate survey meeting. This will speed up the upgrading of register data and reduce the administrative burden on authorities.

    Mikko Polvinen: No vote recorded
    16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet