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SJR0811 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Beth Chiles of Nashville.
Heidi Campbell, Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Beth Chiles
STATUS
Enrolled
SJR0872 - A RESOLUTION to urge Congress to address the Social Security Administration's administrative practices relative to the issue of overpayment of Social Security benefits.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Urges Congress to address the Social Security Administration's administrative practices relative to the issue of overpayment of Social Security benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1933 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to expunction.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows expunction of a misdemeanor or felony offense if the petitioner has not been convicted of certain offenses, is 65 years of age or more, 10 years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence, and the petitioner has not had any additional arrests or charges since the completion of the sentence for the offense the person is seeking to expunge. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1922 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 14, relative to judgment interest.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, caps the maximum effective rate of interest on a judgment that is based upon medical debt at 3 percent per annum. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 14.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2473 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to financial assistance.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, makes students who graduate from an out-of-state high school eligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship if at least one of the student's parents resides in this state and has resided in this state no less than 10 years; requires the board of regents and each state university board to consider such students residents of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2466 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 70, relative to licensure.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, adds as a condition for allowing the board to be able to charge a fee for reviewing and approving prelicensing general contractor education courses that the fee amount is listed on the board's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 70.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2443 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 49, relative to the temporary youth mental health service program.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, creates the temporary youth mental health service program. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2459 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 4, Chapter 6; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 41, relative to juveniles.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the department, the department of children's services, the Tennessee council of juvenile and family court judges, and state and local law enforcement agencies to each submit a separate report to the general assembly listing all diversion and educational programs provided by the entity for justice-involved youth; requires the report to include program participation demographics and to be submitted to the general assembly by no later than July 1, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 4, Chapter 6; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 41.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2472 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to K-12 public school infrastructure.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the department to provide to the general assembly a list that identifies each LEA that received an infrastructure stipend, along with the amount of the infrastructure stipend received, beginning with infrastructure stipends awarded on or after July 1, 2022, no later than December 31, 2024, and by each December 31 thereafter until January 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2455 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-11-110 and Title 49, relative to school nutrition.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, enacts the "Separation of Need Act"; removes income eligibility requirements from free school lunch and breakfast programs; requires each local board of education and governing body of a public charter school to provide a free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students; requires the state to reimburse each LEA and public charter school for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to enrolled students after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Section 8-11-110 and Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Tennessee district SD-029
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Raumesh A. Akbari was born in India and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was three years old. They settled in Tennessee, where Akbari graduated from White Station High School and went on to earn his B.S. in political science from the University of Memphis and his law degree from Washington University School of Law. Akbari served as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Bernice Donald before practicing law at Potter Anderson & Corroon and Burr & Forman. He was also an Assistant District Attorney and advisor to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners and Memphis City Council.read less
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