Government bills2695
- HE 155/2025 vpPassed
Employment for NATO and diplomatic families
Family members of diplomats as well as NATO and military personnel serving on official duty in Finland and the United States would receive the right to engage in gainful employment in their host country. Working would be made possible without a separate work permit and without the family member having to forfeit their diplomatic status or special status.
11 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 140/2025 vpPassed
Expanding digital platform tax information exchange
The reporting obligation of digital marketplaces and rental platforms to the Finnish Tax Administration would be extended to countries outside the EU. This would enable Finland to automatically exchange tax information regarding platform income with non-EU countries as well.
11 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2024 vpPassed
Limiting non-urgent veterinary services for pets
Municipalities will be required to organise non-urgent veterinary services for pets only based on regional need, but urgent care and services for production animals will still be guaranteed everywhere. The revised Veterinary Care Act will enter into force on 1 January 2026.
7 Jun 2024 · 1 vote162 jaa21 ei - HE 42/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up renewable energy permitting
Permitting for renewable energy plants will be accelerated by setting binding processing time limits for authorities. In addition, renewable energy acceleration areas will be established in Finland, where environmental assessments and permit processes for projects will be streamlined.
23 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 98/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding covert police investigation methods
Authorities will be granted the right to conduct covert searches and use participating information sources in the investigation of serious offences. At the same time, the rules on remanding criminal suspects in custody will be reformed and clarified.
1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 58/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Second supplementary budget for 2025
The second supplementary budget for 2025, which makes amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions from the opposition.
19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes - HE 25/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralised bank data exchange for authorities
Authorities will be able to request balance, transaction and securities data on bank accounts through a centralised electronic system. The reform will speed up access to data and replace the current fragmented and manual query methods.
19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 204/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Significantly stricter penalties for firearms offences
Penalties for firearms offences and the possession of bladed weapons would be tightened substantially, and carrying an unlicensed firearm in a public place would generally result in an unconditional prison sentence. In addition, transferring or handling a firearm for the purpose of committing a serious offence would be criminalised as a separate offence.
19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 32/2025 vpPassed
Supervising media mergers and ownership
Major media mergers will also be assessed from the perspective of media pluralism and editorial independence. At the same time, information on the ownership of media companies and public sector advertising expenditure in the media will be made more transparent.
17 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 220/2024 vpPassed
Increasing victim surcharges
Victim surcharges collected from persons convicted of an offence will be increased by half. The increases will strengthen the funding of support services provided to victims of crime.
27 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - 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 - HE 8/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing adult education allowance and job alternation
The adult education allowance, the scholarship for qualified competence and job alternation leave will be abolished entirely. Employees and entrepreneurs will no longer be able to receive these financial benefits during periods of study or leave from working life.
23 May 2024 · 5 votes86 jaa74 ei - HE 257/2026 vpIn progress
Boosting recycling and restricting municipal waste
Waste sorting and recycling will be tightened, and the incineration of recyclable waste as energy waste will be restricted. At the same time, the ability of municipalities to sell waste management services to companies will be restricted to situations where there is no private supply on the market.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 256/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming regulation of substances of human origin
The quality and safety regulation of substances of human origin intended for human application, such as blood, cells, tissues, breast milk and intestinal microbiota, would be reformed in line with the EU regulation. The current Blood Service Act would be repealed, and provisions concerning substances of human origin would be consolidated into a new national act.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 255/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming confidentiality of defence inventions
Expropriation of inventions important to national defence will be abolished, and the authorities can order an invention to be kept confidential without stripping ownership rights. Companies and inventors will retain their rights to the invention and can also apply for protection for it in other Nato countries.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 253/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming energy guarantees of origin
Sellers of gas and hydrogen will be required to state on bills to customers the origin of the energy and its climate emissions. At the same time, waste incineration plants will be eligible to receive guarantees of origin for waste heat for the heat they produce on a temporary basis until the end of 2031.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 252/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding the enterprise services information system
The shared client information system for enterprise services would be expanded so that its data could also be used in authorities' permit and licensing processes. At the same time, the development finance company Finnfund and its subsidiaries would be added as users of the system.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 230/2026 vpIn progress
Establishing a national procurement database
Public sector procurement and purchase invoices will be compiled into a single national database maintained by the State Treasury. The data will be made widely accessible online to citizens and businesses to improve transparency in the use of public funds.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 204/2026 vpIn progress
Approval of EU-ACP partnership agreement
Finland will approve the new cooperation agreement between the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. The agreement will replace the previous arrangement and create a framework for political and economic cooperation between the countries.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 203/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming Finnfund's operations and corporate structure
The proposal reforms the legislation governing the state development financier Finnfund and updates the company's official name. A corporate group structure will be created for Finnfund, in which a new subsidiary will award development cooperation government grants and the parent company will be responsible for commercial investments.
21 Oct 2026 · no votes yet