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- HE 173/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Allowing light cars for young people
Young people will have the opportunity to drive a speed-limited passenger car, known as a light car, from the age of 15 with a moped driving licence. The reform aims to improve road safety for young people by offering a safer alternative to mopeds and moped cars.
9 Jan 2019 · 1 vote167 jaa12 ei - HE 31/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring evaluation and examination bodies
The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre and the secretariat of the Matriculation Examination Board will be transferred to become separate units within the Finnish National Agency for Education from the beginning of 2018. The Finnish National Agency for Education will provide the administrative and support services for the units, but the actual evaluation and examination duties of the units will remain independent.
2 Jun 2017 · 1 vote102 jaa62 ei - HE 55/2022 vpPassed
Establishing educational equality funding in law
Funding promoting educational equality in early childhood education and care and pre-primary and basic education will be established in law as a permanent government grant. The grant can be awarded to providers of education and early childhood education and care for four years at a time instead of through an annual application process.
10 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 160/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Freezing national pension index-linked benefits
Index increases to social benefits tied to the national pension index, such as the national pension and unemployment benefits, will be foregone in 2019. However, the basic amount of social assistance will be increased in line with rising prices.
20 Dec 2018 · 8 votes97 jaa84 ei - HE 191/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Raising heating and machinery fuel taxes
Energy taxation on heating and machinery fuels as well as peat will be tightened, and double taxation of electricity storage will be eliminated. In addition, an energy tax refund on light fuel oil will temporarily be paid at an increased rate to agriculture.
14 Dec 2018 · 8 votes167 jaa11 ei - HE 37/2022 vpPassed
Temporary increase in commuting deductions
The tax deduction for commuting expenses between home and work will be temporarily increased for 2022 due to rising fuel prices. The change applies particularly to employees travelling by private car or company car with a partial benefit.
27 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 146/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter penalties for breaching entry bans
Entering Finland in breach of an active entry ban can result in a prison sentence. Offences will move from police fine proceedings directly to court proceedings.
3 Dec 2018 · 1 vote136 jaa29 ei - HE 188/2016 vpPassed
Reforming joint public service points
Joint customer service points in public administration will be reformed to better provide guidance and support for digital transactions. Customer services can be provided via remote connections or home visits, for example, alongside traditional in-person visits.
21 Apr 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa58 ei - HE 170/2018 vpPassed
Lowering the basic vehicle tax
The basic vehicle tax on passenger cars and vans will be reduced, with the reduction weighted towards low-emission vehicles. The tax on cars emitting more than 200 grams per kilometre and cars taxed on the basis of weight will remain unchanged.
28 Nov 2018 · 2 votes137 jaa20 ei - HE 40/2022 vpPassed
Coordinating social security with the UK
An act will be passed in Finland on the application of the social security provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom. Under the act, the same national practices will apply to the social security of persons moving between the countries as apply between EU countries.
18 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 39/2022 vpPassed
Extending coronavirus business cost support
Businesses affected by coronavirus restrictions can apply for support for their uncovered fixed costs for the winter of 2021–2022. The support is intended especially for situations where a business's previous aid quota is nearly exhausted.
18 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 25/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing supervision of animal transport
Animal transport supervision will be stepped up by granting Finnish Customs the right to inspect transports and by requiring a journey log for the export of reindeer and fur animals. In addition, the boundary between commercial activity and private hobby activities will be clarified.
16 Jun 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa
32 jaa24 ei - HE 10/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying health and social services reform
Amendments to facilitate implementation will be made to the legislation on the reform of health and social services and rescue services. Wellbeing services counties will be granted the right to client information essential for starting operations, and municipalities will be given additional time to organise support services.
13 May 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 69 a §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
103 jaa36 ei - HE 75/2021 vpPassed
Easing terms for tax payment arrangements
Businesses and individuals experiencing payment difficulties will temporarily be able to apply for a new payment arrangement for their taxes at a reduced rate of late-payment interest. In addition, tax refunds will not be used directly to cover tax debts covered by these arrangements, but will instead be paid to the customer.
11 Jun 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Matias Marttinen
32 jaa21 ei - HE 61/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming transport and communications agencies
State agencies in the transport and communications sector will be merged into Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The Finnish Transport Agency's name will change to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, and it will focus on maintaining and developing roads, railways and waterways.
9 Nov 2018 · 1 vote94 jaa69 ei - HE 187/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming civil service cooling-off rules
The cooling-off period for senior state leadership and key personnel in the Finnish Defence Forces can be extended to up to one year, and special advisers to ministers will be required to declare their private interests. At the same time, it will be made easier for a civil servant dismissed on production-related or financial grounds to be employed by another state agency without an open application procedure.
28 Apr 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 44 a § 3 momentti, mietintö / Riikka Purra, Mari-Leena Talvitie
97 jaa72 ei - HE 2/2021 vpPassed
Extending the tax number to shipyards
The tax number and mandatory photographic identity card familiar from the construction sector will also be introduced at shipyards. The reform will combat the shadow economy and make tax supervision of foreign labour easier.
27 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 124/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing the unemployment activation model
Unemployment benefit will decrease by 4.65 per cent if an unemployed person does not work sufficiently or participate in employment services during a three-month monitoring period. At the same time, the waiting period at the start of unemployment will be shortened from seven days to five days.
22 Dec 2017 · 5 votes103 jaa90 ei - HE 103/2017 vpPassed
Drink-driving fines and police driving bans
Clear drink-driving cases will be transferred from courts to faster fine proceedings, and the police will begin imposing all driving bans. At the same time, the consent procedure for fine proceedings will be streamlined and the fined person's right of appeal to a court will be expanded.
19 Dec 2017 · 1 vote103 jaa77 ei - HE 43/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Extending environmental leave to appeal
Appeals to the Supreme Administrative Court in environmental, water and construction matters will require leave to appeal. The reform will speed up the processing of cases and the finalisation of decisions.
18 Dec 2017 · 1 vote124 jaa57 ei