Government bills2695
- HE 92/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining bank resolution and deposit protection
Bank resolution obligations will be eased in situations where a failing institution would be wound up in ordinary bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings. In addition, the authority will be able to transfer customer advisory and support tasks to an external service provider in congested crisis situations.
6 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 60/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Gender quotas on listed company boards
In large listed companies, at least 40 per cent of board members will have to be women or men by summer 2026. The reform promotes gender equality at the top of corporate life in line with the EU gender quotas directive.
5 Nov 2024 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Fatim Diarra
111 jaa51 ei - HE 100/2021 vpPassed
Earlier bank resolution fund mutualisation
Finland would approve an amendment to the agreement concerning the EU banking union's resolution fund. The amendment would accelerate the mutualisation of banks' extraordinary ex-post contributions and strengthen the resolution fund's backstop facility.
12 Nov 2021 · 2 votes125 jaa43 ei - HE 194/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming pension company management qualifications
The qualification and eligibility requirements for the management and administrative bodies of earnings-related pension insurance companies will be tightened and clarified. At the same time, it will be made easier to appoint financial sector experts to the administrative bodies of the companies, and the liability for damages of the Board of the Finnish Centre for Pensions will be specified.
3 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 90/2026 vpIn progress
Legislating health and social service principles
Clear principles will be laid down in law on which treatments, examinations and services are included in publicly funded health and social services. The reform aims to improve the effectiveness of services and make choices more transparent and equal.
2 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 184/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding procurement by wellbeing services counties
Wellbeing services counties will be able to organise health and social services from private service providers more freely than before. Patients must also be informed of alternatives for accessing care if the care guarantee time limits are at risk of being exceeded.
29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 192/2022 vpLapsed
Statutory cooling-off periods for ministers
The right of ministers to take up new duties after the end of their term of office could be restricted by a cooling-off period of up to one year. The restriction would prevent conflicts of interest and the exploitation of confidential information obtained in the Government.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 62/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Phasing out the pension pipeline
Additional days of unemployment security for older workers, the so-called pension pipeline, will be phased out gradually. At the same time, a new transition security package consisting of financial compensation and training will be created for persons aged 55 and over who are made redundant on financial or production-related grounds.
1 Jul 2022 · 2 votes117 jaa35 ei - HE 16/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending Kanta service transition periods
Health and social services providers will be given additional time to implement the new obligations of Kanta services. At the same time, the transfer of patient data between treatment facilities will be clarified and hospital social workers' right of access to information from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution) will be improved.
23 May 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2022 vpPassed
Preventing and reducing school absenteeism
Schools will have to prevent pupil absences and intervene in them systematically rather than merely monitoring them. The reform aims to reduce school absenteeism and support pupils' schooling and wellbeing.
9 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2024 vpPassed
Taking foreign business prohibitions into account
Business prohibitions imposed or business offences committed in another EEA country can in future be taken into account in Finland when considering a business prohibition against a person. Authorities will also begin exchanging information on valid business prohibitions with other EU and EEA countries.
18 Oct 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 38/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting nicotine pouch sales and flavours
Nicotine pouches will be brought under the Tobacco Act, making their sale in shops subject to a licence and prohibiting online sales. Nicotine and flavour restrictions will be set for the products, and the possession of all tobacco substitutes will be prohibited for persons under 18 years of age.
16 Oct 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Lotta Hamari
99 jaa76 ei - HE 270/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Updating rules on old nature reserves
Protection provisions for national parks, strict nature reserves and other protected areas established before 1996 will be elevated from decree level directly into acts of Parliament. The boundaries and main rules of use for the areas will remain largely unchanged, but they will be aligned with the new Nature Conservation Act.
14 Mar 2023 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Heikki Autto
105 jaa80 ei - HE 73/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming opening hours of state agencies
Rigid rules on opening hours for state agencies will be dismantled and opening hours made more flexible to better meet customers' needs. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will be enabled to use public administration joint service points.
28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2024
The central government budget for 2024. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendment proposals before adopting the budget.
20 Dec 2023 · 707 votes - HE 70/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Supervision of online platforms and digital services
Official oversight will be established in Finland to ensure compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act by internet intermediary services and online platforms. Authorities will monitor matters such as the transparency of online services, user protection, and the handling of illegal content.
19 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 206/2024 vpPassed
Emergency warnings by municipal health authorities
Municipal health protection authorities will be able to issue emergency warnings directly, for example in the event of drinking water contamination. The change will speed up warnings to residents and prevent illnesses during waterborne epidemics.
20 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 319/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Allowing two joint emergency departments
The wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo will be permitted to maintain two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments indefinitely without the previous time limit. In addition, the provisions on the choice of treatment facility will be clarified.
8 Mar 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus 59 §, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso (moniste)
119 jaa42 ei - HE 81/2023 vpPassed
Conformity assessment system for batteries
Finland will introduce rules supplementing the new EU Batteries Regulation on inspection activities for batteries and accumulators. The Ministry of the Environment will begin approving and supervising official conformity assessment bodies that inspect the safety and sustainability of batteries.
15 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2023 vpPassed
Lending remuneration for e-books and e-audiobooks
Authors will begin to receive remuneration for the library use of e-books and e-audiobooks in the same way as traditional lending remuneration. The remuneration will also be extended to audiobook narrators.
15 Dec 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 a §, mietintö / Eeva-Johanna Eloranta
94 jaa80 ei