Government bills2695
- HE 119/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of arbitration
The Arbitration Act will be replaced by a new arbitration act based on the international UN Model Law. At the same time, procedural rules and terminology will be updated to meet modern digital and international requirements.
10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 83/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming municipal veterinary services
Municipalities will be given a clear obligation to provide basic veterinary services and round-the-clock on-call duty throughout the country. At the same time, the possibilities for municipalities to charge fees for veterinary clinic services will be expanded.
10 Feb 2023 · 1 vote87 jaa67 ei - HE 98/2023 vpPassed
Protecting defence inventions and technical data
Finland will implement NATO agreements that safeguard the secrecy of defence-related inventions and the protection of technical information between member states. The agreements will make it possible to file secret patent applications and facilitate the exchange of confidential technological information among allies.
1 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 116/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Enabling state aid in Ilmastorahasto financing
A dedicated act will be enacted for the wholly state-owned Ilmastorahasto Oy, enabling the use of state aid in its investment and financing operations. The company can finance climate projects by taking a higher risk than private investors or by accepting a lower return target.
3 Feb 2023 · 2 votes135 jaa47 ei - HE 186/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering broadcasting tax and raising VAT
The public broadcasting tax paid by individuals would be reduced by raising the lower limit of taxable income and lowering the maximum amount of the tax. At the same time, the VAT rate on public broadcasting would rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
29 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 69/2024 vpPassed
Criminalising female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation and its preparation will be made specific punishable offences in the Criminal Code, and taking a person abroad to be subjected to mutilation will also be criminalised. At the same time, the right to bring charges for completed manslaughter will no longer be subject to a statute of limitations, and the specific provision on infanticide will be repealed.
28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 130/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Ensuring essential care during industrial disputes
The life and health of patients and home care clients would be safeguarded during industrial disputes by making it possible to assign personnel to essential care duties. When necessary, the authority could postpone or suspend a strike and oblige healthcare professionals to perform client and patient safety work.
20 Sep 2022 · 12 votes109 jaa38 ei - HE 30/2022 vpPassed
More flexible pension funding and competition
Earnings-related pension companies will be able to price the administrative cost component of insurance contributions individually according to their own actual costs. In addition, the rules on accumulating pension funds will be made more flexible in exceptionally weak investment market situations.
17 May 2022 · 1 vote116 jaa34 ei - HE 154/2024 vpPassed
Introducing consolidated central government accounts
Consolidated financial statements bringing together the state budget, off-budget funds and unincorporated state enterprises will begin to be prepared alongside the final central government accounts. This will provide a more comprehensive and clearer overall picture of the income, expenditure and assets of central government as a whole.
22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2024 vpPassed
Harmonising Defence Forces retirement ages
Rules on the retirement ages of Finnish Defence Forces personnel will be clarified by repealing an old exception. The change will ensure that increases to the retirement age apply equally across all personnel and that no one's service ends before their pension entitlement begins.
20 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 2/2023 vpPassed
VAT exemption for NATO forces' purchases
Purchases of goods and services as well as imports by the armed forces of other NATO countries participating in common defence activities in Finland will be exempt from value added tax (VAT). The exemption will be implemented under the same principles as in defence cooperation between EU member states.
17 May 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 93/2024 vpPassed
EU digital gateway responsibilities for KEHA
The Development and Administrative Centre for the ELY Centres (the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment)) (KEHA Centre) will be assigned official responsibility for the national coordination of the EU's single digital gateway. The KEHA Centre will also act as controller and data intermediary for the technical system for cross-border data exchange between authorities.
14 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 137/2024 vpPassed
Repealing the Ecuador investment protection act
The investment protection agreement between Finland and Ecuador has terminated, and the act implementing it will be repealed. Protection for investments under the agreement is no longer in force.
13 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 52/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reform of charging and refuelling regulations
A new act will be enacted in Finland to supplement the EU regulation on electric vehicle recharging points and alternative fuels. Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will supervise the operation of the recharging and refuelling network, payment methods, and the transparency of price information.
20 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 40/2024 vpPassed
Employment services in unemployment funds
Unemployment funds will be able to offer their members employment-promoting services, such as job placement, advice and coaching. Organising the services will be voluntary for the funds, and participating in them will be voluntary for jobseekers.
20 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 228/2022 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be reduced by raising the income thresholds used to determine fees by 33 per cent. The change will lower early childhood education and care fees particularly for middle-income families and make early childhood education and care free of charge for more families.
20 Dec 2022 · 5 votes121 jaa31 ei - HE 200/2024 vpPassed
Reforming registration of occupational safety personnel
Maintenance of the register of occupational safety and health co-operation personnel at workplaces will be transferred from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to the Centre for Occupational Safety. At the same time, the information required from employers will be reduced and the disclosure of data for occupational safety and health purposes will be clarified.
11 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 305/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening duties of university hospitals
The duties of university hospitals as providers of specialised medical care, research, and education in the field are clearly defined in law as the new wellbeing services counties begin their operations. At the same time, the opportunity for university teachers and professors to hold secondary posts at university hospitals is ensured.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2024 vpPassed
Easier apartment repossession for housing companies
A housing company will be able to take possession of a share apartment more easily than at present if the owner resides outside the European Economic Area and cannot be reached. Warnings, decisions, and eviction summonses can be served via the Official Gazette and by delivering notice to the apartment.
13 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 239/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Municipal climate plans and appeal rights
All Finnish municipalities will be required to draw up their own climate plan at least once per council term. At the same time, clear rules will be added to the act on how and by whom appeals against national climate plans can be lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court.
13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote132 jaa38 ei