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Merja Rasinkangas

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  1. HE 80/2025 vpPassed

    Merging student and social security appeals

    The Student Financial Aid Appeal Board will be abolished and appeals concerning student financial aid benefits transferred to the Social Security Appeal Board. At the same time, the procedure for the annulment of decisions on unemployment security will be streamlined, and the provisions on leaving disability pensions in abeyance will be extended.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 148/2026 vpIn progress

    Extending the instrumentalised migration act

    Finland will extend the validity of the exceptional act that allows restricting the reception of asylum applications at the border where necessary to combat instrumentalised migration. The act will remain in force until the end of 2028 without substantive changes.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  3. HE 130/2026 vpIn progress

    Stricter and longer animal keeping bans

    Bans on keeping animals imposed for animal welfare offences will be lengthened and their imposition will become the general rule also for basic offences. Violating a ban on keeping animals may result in imprisonment.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  4. HE 122/2026 vpIn progress

    Easing firearms regulations and storage requirements

    Storage requirements for deactivated firearms and antique black powder firearms will be eased, meaning they will no longer need to be stored as strictly as operational firearms. In addition, reporting practices for firearms businesses will be clarified and provisions on the revocation of permits will be harmonised with the EU directive.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  5. HE 51/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising tuition fees for non-EU students

    Tuition fees for higher education students from outside the EU and EEA will have to cover the actual costs of education, and an application fee of 100 euros will be introduced for them. In addition, avoiding tuition fees by changing residence permit grounds will be prevented, and protection for students participating in commissioned education will be improved.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Yes
    15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    103 jaa
    45 ei
  6. 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.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    27 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 106/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Scrappage incentive for passenger cars

    The state will introduce a temporary scrappage incentive for buyers of new passenger cars in 2026 and 2027. A private individual will be able to receive 2,000 to 2,500 euros in support to purchase a new low-emission or zero-emission car when simultaneously taking a car that is at least 10 years old to be scrapped.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Yes
    7 Nov 2025 · 3 votes
    124 jaa
    40 ei
  8. HE 78/2025 vpPassed

    Deepening EU-Chile cooperation

    Finland approves the Advanced Framework Agreement between the European Union and Chile, which replaces the previous cooperation agreement that is more than 20 years old. The reform deepens political cooperation between the parties and promotes trade and investment.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    6 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 181/2025 vpPassed

    Allowing diplomats' family members to work

    Family members of Finnish and Uruguayan diplomats and mission staff will be entitled to engage in gainful employment in their host state. Employment will be possible without family members having to waive their diplomatic status.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 176/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Flexible tax deadlines during disruptions

    Deadlines for tax returns, tax payments and other tax obligations could be extended quickly by decree in serious disruptions. This would prevent late-filing penalties if obligations cannot be fulfilled because of, for example, widespread electricity or telecommunications outages.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 186/2025 vpPassed

    Adjusting the Finland–Norway border

    The state border between Finland and Norway will be adjusted to reflect natural changes in the deep-water channels of the rivers. The land border will remain unchanged and the new boundary line will be confirmed for the next 25 years.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    25 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 184/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Making stock market listings easier

    Companies' access to the stock exchange and capital markets will be made easier by easing prospectus requirements and lowering the threshold for listing. Regulation will be made more flexible, particularly to promote access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprises.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    25 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 156/2026 vpIn progress

    Reforming right-of-occupancy restrictions and selection

    Loss-making and underutilised right-of-occupancy buildings could be relinquished, allowing residents to buy their dwelling or remain as tenants. Paid queue numbers for housing applications would be abolished in favour of allocating homes in order of receipt of applications.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    15 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  14. HE 110/2026 vpIn progress

    Streamlining health research and data use

    Conducting medical research and identifying patients for studies will be made easier by clarifying the use of health and social services data. At the same time, rules on biobank operations, the research use of deceased persons, and the procedures of research ethics committees will be specified.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Absent
    15 Sep 2026 · 1 vote

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

    82 jaa
    72 ei
  15. HE 100/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing statutory bakery night-work supplements

    The separate Bakery Work Act for the bakery sector will be repealed in March 2025. This removes bakery workers' statutory 100 per cent night-work supplement, and compensation for night work will be agreed in collective agreements as in other sectors.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Yes
    20 Feb 2025 · 1 vote
    115 jaa
    57 ei
  16. HE 56/2025 vpPassed

    Reintroducing anti-personnel mines

    Finland will withdraw from the international Ottawa Convention prohibiting anti-personnel mines. The decision will enable anti-personnel mines to be restored as part of the defence system of the Finnish Defence Forces in a deteriorated security environment.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Yes
    19 Jun 2025 · 4 votes
  17. HE 7/2026 vpPassed

    Extending natural gas storage obligations

    The obligation of gas companies to maintain additional natural gas storage will be extended until the end of 2027. The measure safeguards gas adequacy and security of supply during winter seasons and in potential disruption situations.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 71/2025 vpPassed

    Protecting emergency and police work

    Obstructing or threatening police, emergency medical and rescue service workers and damaging emergency vehicles and equipment will carry harsher penalties. The reform will improve the safety of emergency personnel and ensure that help arrives in emergency situations.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 202/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Protection for craft and industrial products

    An authority system will be established in Finland for the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products, such as textiles, ceramics and jewellery. The system will allow manufacturers to protect the names of their regional products against misuse and imitation across the EU.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    17 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 19/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening requirements for citizenship

    The conditions for obtaining Finnish citizenship will be tightened and the grounds for loss of citizenship expanded. Obtaining citizenship will require, among other things, independent means of support and a longer period of good conduct following offences.

    Merja Rasinkangas: Yes
    17 Oct 2025 · 2 votes
    103 jaa
    58 ei
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