2026-03-112025/26:SoU15 · p.2SoUHealth & social services
Inquiry on basic needs and implementation of the Guardianship Inquiry's proposals
State responsibility for personal assistance and 'basic needs'
What's at stake: Affects people entitled to personal assistance under the Swedish LSS Act: how broadly 'basic needs' are interpreted determines who receives state-funded assistance, and how quickly, and on what terms, responsibility moves from municipalities to the state.
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 the government should investigate, even before state responsibility is introduced, making all 'basic needs' qualify for assistance, or whether the question can wait until the government's own review and special inquiry are complete.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that state responsibility for personal assistance increases equal treatment and legal certainty and gives more efficient administration. The committee welcomes that the government intends to review the conditions and regulatory framework before the transition, and notes that a special inquiry has already been tasked with proposing measures to ensure that people entitled to assistance have their needs met. The committee therefore does not consider it necessary for parliament to take its own initiatives, and the motions are rejected.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (S, V, C, MP)
The dissenters (S, V, C, MP) want the government to urgently launch an inquiry into whether all 'basic needs' can be made fully assistance-qualifying, as a way to restore the intent of the LSS Act - and want this done before responsibility moves to the state. After that, the government should implement the inquiry's proposal that the state, through the Social Insurance Agency, take over full responsibility for decisions and funding of personal assistance.
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: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by S, V, C, MP.
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
–
No 0/18/0/4
Sown reservation
–
No 0/89/0/17
MPown reservation
–
No 0/15/0/3
Cown reservation
–
No 0/21/0/3
L
–
Yes 13/0/0/3
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 56/0/0/12
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/9
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:712 by Malin Danielsson (L),
2025/26:2778 by Nadja Awad et al. (V) demands 24 and 25,
2025/26:2915 by Lars Beckman (M),
2025/26:3188 by Martina Johansson et al. (C) demands 60 and 61,
2025/26:3205 by Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2025/26:3543 by Nils Seye Larsen et al. (MP) demand 3 and
2025/26:3645 by Fredrik Lundh Sammeli et al. (S) demands 167 and 168.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:712 av Malin Danielsson (L),
2025/26:2778 av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V) yrkandena 24 och 25,
2025/26:2915 av Lars Beckman (M),
2025/26:3188 av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C) yrkandena 60 och 61,
2025/26:3205 av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2025/26:3543 av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP) yrkande 3 och
2025/26:3645 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S) yrkandena 167 och 168.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 130 proposals in motions from the ordinary motion period 2025 concerning support for persons with disabilities.
The proposals dealt with, among other things, the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, the personal escort service for persons with visual impairment, and welfare fraud and abuse within personal assistance.
The Riksdag refers, among other things, to ongoing work in the area.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to investigate how the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be incorporated into Swedish law. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 2
Motion 2025/26:1588 — Nationellt kompetenscentrum för dövfrågor av Malin Danielsson (L)
Motion 2025/26:1631 — Stärkt rättssäkerhet och likvärdigt stöd för döva av Jessica Rodén och Louise Thunström (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1779 — Personlig assistans vid sjukhusvistelse av Marie Nicholson (M)
Motion 2025/26:1885 — Rättvist bilstöd för personer med funktionshinder av Magnus Manhammar (S)
Motion 2025/26:1951 — Starkare tillsammans - för en rättvis funktionshinderspolitik som håller ihop Sverige av Mattias Vepsä och Alexandra Völker (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1961 — Funktionsnedsattas rätt till utbildning på lika villkor av Mattias Vepsä m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:2053 — Hjälpmedel vid funktionsnedsättning av Anne-Li Sjölund (C)
Motion 2025/26:2197 — Behov av en nationell ögonstrategi av Crister Carlsson (M)
Motion 2025/26:2208 — Ledarhund som hjälpmedel i vardagen av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:2217 — Förhindrande av felaktiga utbetalningar inom assistansersättning av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:26 — Bötesbrott att distrahera en ledarhund under arbete av Josef Fransson (SD)
Motion 2025/26:2778 — En funktionsrättspolitik för trygghet och delaktighet av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V)