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  1. HE 73/2025 vpPassed

    Changing early childhood education and care fee index

    The price index used in the regular adjustment of client fees in early childhood education and care will be replaced with another index. The change will reduce the workload of Statistics Finland without any significant impact on fees paid by families.

    16 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 68/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Clarifying asbestos and construction safety rules

    Advance notifications of asbestos demolition work will include details of worker training and respirator fit testing. At the same time, qualification requirements for crane drivers and construction divers will be transferred directly into the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

    13 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 57/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding and tightening cybersecurity requirements

    Companies and authorities vital to the functioning of society will face stricter obligations to protect themselves against cyber threats and report information security incidents. The reform will improve the resilience of critical services and strengthen cybersecurity across the country.

    25 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 188/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing ARA and transferring tasks

    The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) will be abolished as a separate agency, and its duties will be transferred to a new Centre for State-subsidised Housing Construction established under the Ministry of the Environment. From 1 March 2025, the new centre will be responsible for granting state housing subsidies, supervising the housing stock, and carrying out the agency's other statutory responsibilities.

    18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    98 jaa
    72 ei
  5. HE 136/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing Ara

    The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (Ara) will be abolished as an independent agency from 1 January 2025. The agency's duties and personnel will be transferred to a centre for state-subsidised housing construction to be established within the Ministry of the Environment.

    18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    97 jaa
    72 ei
  6. HE 122/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Restricting access to disability services

    The scope of application of the Act on Disability Services is specified so that special services will be granted only if basic social services are insufficient and the need for assistance differs from what is typical for the person's stage of life. Whether a service is free of charge will no longer affect the act under which assistance is granted.

    18 Dec 2024 · 6 votes
    130 jaa
    67 ei
  7. HE 85/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Expanding local bargaining

    Opportunities for local bargaining will be expanded so that companies that do not belong to employer associations can also make use of the flexibility provisions in generally applicable collective agreements. If there is no shop steward at the workplace, a local agreement can be concluded with an elected representative chosen by the employees.

    18 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    53 ei
  8. 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.

    26 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 67/2025 vpPassed

    Expanding the range of biofuel feedstocks

    The range of raw materials approved for the production of transport biofuels and biogas will be expanded in line with EU regulation. Fuel distributors will be able to use new raw materials, such as industrial side streams and certain crops, to meet their distribution obligation.

    10 Oct 2025 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    123 jaa
    16 ei
  10. HE 147/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Competitive tendering for offshore wind power

    Clear rules and a competitive tendering model will be established for the construction of offshore wind power in Finland's exclusive economic zone. The Government will select suitable maritime areas, and the Energy Authority will tender the rights to exploit them to companies.

    16 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 49/2025 vpPassed

    Loan guarantees for fisheries enterprises

    Enterprises in the fishing and aquaculture sectors will begin to be granted loan guarantees from an EU fund. The support will make it easier especially for start-up entrepreneurs to obtain loans for investments and working capital.

    9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 171/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Removing driving licence examinations from health centres

    Health centres will no longer carry out medical examinations or issue certificates for driving licences. A medical report on driving ability will as a rule have to be obtained from a private medical clinic at one's own expense.

    19 Mar 2025 · 2 votes
    111 jaa
    54 ei
  13. HE 164/2024 vpPassed

    Linking agricultural subsidies to working conditions

    Receipt of agricultural subsidies will be linked to compliance with employees' working conditions and occupational safety from the beginning of 2025. In addition, national aid for crop production can be paid in advance earlier than at present.

    13 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    155 jaa
    14 ei
  14. HE 126/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening housing allowance and asset limits

    Asset limits and restrictions will be introduced for the general housing allowance and the housing allowance for pensioners, reducing or terminating support for households with assets. In addition, housing allowance will decrease in six cities due to a reduction in the maximum limits for housing costs.

    13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    56 ei
  15. HE 31/2025 vpPassed

    Merging education and culture agencies

    The separate agencies operating under the Ministry of Education and Culture will be merged into five larger agencies from the beginning of 2026. The reform will clarify administration and bring together bodies carrying out similar tasks.

    25 Jun 2025 · 5 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion 4

    106 jaa
    51 ei
  16. HE 107/2024 vpPassed

    Raising vehicle tax on electric cars

    Vehicle tax on all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids will increase. The new tax rates will apply from the beginning of 2026.

    10 Dec 2024 · 4 votes
    162 jaa
    19 ei
  17. HE 123/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising and grading soft drinks tax

    The tax on soft drinks will rise and will be determined more precisely based on the sugar content of the beverage. Drinks containing high levels of sugar will see the largest price increases, but the tax on sugar-free drinks will also rise.

    28 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 119/2025 vpPassed

    Increasing unemployment insurance contributions

    Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will rise at the beginning of 2026. The increases will ensure that the Employment Fund has sufficient funds to finance unemployment benefits.

    28 Nov 2025 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Proposed statement

    159 jaa
    8 ei
  19. HE 53/2024 vpPassed

    Preventing instrumentalised migration at the border

    In exceptional situations, Finland could prevent the entry of asylum seekers and turn them away immediately at the border if a foreign state uses them as an instrument of pressure. However, applications could still be accepted, for example, from children or persons in a particularly vulnerable position.

    15 Jul 2024 · 2 votes
    167 jaa
    31 ei
  20. 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
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