The government's bill on a duty to share information with law-enforcement authorities
What's at stake: Affects the privacy of everyone whose information could be passed on by schools, social services and other authorities, while also affecting law-enforcement agencies' ability to prevent serious violent crime and organized crime.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether authorities, municipalities, regions, schools and other actors should be given a new, broad duty to share information with law-enforcement agencies, or whether today's more limited, case-by-case confidentiality rules should be kept to protect personal privacy.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee recommends adopting the government's bill establishing a new duty for authorities, municipalities, regions and other actors to share information with law-enforcement agencies. The committee cites the rise in serious violent crime, such as shootings and bombings, and the need for better information-sharing to fight organized crime and keep children and young people from being drawn into criminality.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V)
The reservation (V) wants to reject the bill's new, general information duty. It argues that current confidentiality rules already provide good means to share information with law-enforcement authorities when needed, for example within criminal investigations, while the government's proposal to hand over unspecified information via a new general rule provides too weak privacy protection and risks reducing trust in authorities. Any expanded scope for sharing contact details should instead be regulated within existing legislation.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
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No 0/19/0/5
S
–
Yes 93/0/0/13
MP
–
Yes 15/0/0/3
C
–
Yes 21/0/0/3
L
–
Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 63/0/0/9
Committee proposal
The Riksdagen adopts the government's proposals for
1. law on the obligation to provide information to the crime prevention authorities,
2. law amending the law (1997:1024) on the Tax Agency's crime prevention activities,
3. law amending the law (1998:1479) on securities depositories and registration of financial instruments,
4. law amending the law (2000:562) on international legal assistance in criminal matters,
5. law amending the Social Services Act (2001:453),
6. law amending the law (2004:46) on securities funds,
7. law amending the law (2004:297) on banking and financing activities,
8. law amending the law (2006:531) on special supervision of financial conglomerates,
9. law amending the law (2007:528) on the securities market,
10. law amending the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (2009:400),
11. law amending the Patient Safety Act (2010:659),
12. law amending the law (2010:751) on payment services,
13. law amending the School Act (2010:800),
14. law amending the Insurance Activities Act (2010:2043),
15. law amending the law (2011:755) on electronic money,
16. law amending the law (2013:561) on managers of alternative investment funds,
17. law amending the law (2014:968) on special supervision of credit institutions and securities companies,
18. law amending the law (2018:218) with complementary provisions to the EU's data protection regulation,
19. law amending the law (2019:742) on occupational pension companies,
20. law amending the law (2021:899) with complementary provisions to the EU's regulation on grassroots financing,
21. law amending the law (2022:200) amending the law (2021:109) amending the law (2019:542) amending the law (2018:1798) amending the law (2018:545) amending the law (2017:1148) amending the law (2014:797) amending the law (2013:561) on managers of alternative investment funds,
22. law amending the law (2022:201) amending the law (2021:110) amending the law (2019:543) amending the law (2018:1799) amending the law (2018:546) amending the law (2017:1149) amending the law (2014:798) amending the law (2013:561) on managers of alternative investment funds,
23. law amending the law (2022:1746) with complementary provisions to the EU's regulation on a pan-European private pension product (PEPP product),
24. law amending the law (2024:114) on clearing and settlement of payments.
Thereby the Riksdagen approves bill 2024/25:65 points 1-24 and rejects the motions
2024/25:2965 by Markus Wiechel (SD) motion 2 and
2024/25:3291 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om skyldighet att lämna uppgifter till de brottsbekämpande myndigheterna,
2. lag om ändring i lagen (1997:1024) om Skatteverkets brottsbekämpande verksamhet,
3. lag om ändring i lagen (1998:1479) om värdepapperscentraler och kontoföring av finansiella instrument,
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2000:562) om internationell rättslig hjälp i brottmål,
5. lag om ändring i socialtjänstlagen (2001:453),
6. lag om ändring i lagen (2004:46) om värdepappersfonder,
7. lag om ändring i lagen (2004:297) om bank- och finansieringsrörelse,
8. lag om ändring i lagen (2006:531) om särskild tillsyn över finansiella konglomerat,
9. lag om ändring i lagen (2007:528) om värdepappersmarknaden,
10. lag om ändring i offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400),
11. lag om ändring i patientsäkerhetslagen (2010:659),
12. lag om ändring i lagen (2010:751) om betaltjänster,
13. lag om ändring i skollagen (2010:800),
14. lag om ändring i försäkringsrörelselagen (2010:2043),
15. lag om ändring i lagen (2011:755) om elektroniska pengar,
16. lag om ändring i lagen (2013:561) om förvaltare av alternativa investeringsfonder,
17. lag om ändring i lagen (2014:968) om särskild tillsyn över kreditinstitut och värdepappersbolag,
18. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:218) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s dataskyddsförordning,
19. lag om ändring i lagen (2019:742) om tjänstepensionsföretag,
20. lag om ändring i lagen (2021:899) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s förordning om gräsrotsfinansiering,
21. lag om ändring i lagen (2022:200) om ändring i lagen (2021:109) om ändring i lagen (2019:542) om ändring i lagen (2018:1798) om ändring i lagen (2018:545) om ändring i lagen (2017:1148) om ändring i lagen (2014:797) om ändring i lagen (2013:561) om förvaltare av alternativa investeringsfonder,
22. lag om ändring i lagen (2022:201) om ändring i lagen (2021:110) om ändring i lagen (2019:543) om ändring i lagen (2018:1799) om ändring i lagen (2018:546) om ändring i lagen (2017:1149) om ändring i lagen (2014:798) om ändring i lagen (2013:561) om förvaltare av alternativa investeringsfonder,
23. lag om ändring i lagen (2022:1746) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s förordning om en paneuropeisk privat pensionsprodukt (PEPP-produkt),
24. lag om ändring i lagen (2024:114) om clearing och avveckling av betalningar.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:65 punkterna 1-24 och avslår motionerna
2024/25:2965 av Markus Wiechel (SD) yrkande 2 och
2024/25:3291 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdagen said yes to the government's proposal on a new law which means that municipalities, regions, schools and a number of state authorities without hindrance from secrecy shall provide certain information to the Police Authority and other crime prevention authorities. This obligation means that information shall be provided on request but also that information shall be provided on its own initiative.
The Riksdagen also said yes to the government's proposal which means that social services and health and medical care shall have greater opportunities to provide information that is significant for crime prevention.
The proposed rules give the crime prevention authorities improved opportunities to access information that exists with other actors about, for example, committed crimes, suspected criminal schemes and individuals with connections to crime. This gives them better conditions to prevent and combat crime and to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in crime.
The new law and law amendments come into force on April 1, 2025.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to reject the proposal on expanded information sharing with crime prevention authorities. (V) — Reservation 1