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SJR0652 - A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Fatou Diallo upon being selected the 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis Youth of the Year.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Fatou Diallo, 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis Youth of the Year
STATUS
Passed
SR0136 - A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Tyler Terrell Lindsey, 2023 Salutatorian of City University School of Liberal Arts.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Tyler Terrell Lindsey, Salutatorian, City University School of Liberal Arts
STATUS
Passed
SB7072 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms offenses involving minors.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, creates the Class D felony of knowingly inducing or coercing a minor under 18 to commit theft of a firearm or a robbery or burglary offense involving theft of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39.
STATUS
Introduced
SB7074 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71, relative to expanding Medicaid to provide mental health services.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid for mental health prevention and treatment pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB7109 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to blended sentencing.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, creates a pilot program under which a juvenile court may retain jurisdiction over the child who was adjudicated delinquent for an offense that was eligible to be transferred to criminal court; allows the court to impose a sentence upon the child that could be imposed if the offense was committed by an adult, but any portion of the disposition imposed that extends prior to the child's twenty-fifth birthday must be stayed pending completion of requirements set forth by the court at the time of disposition. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0146 - A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Tia D. Chatman, 2023 Salutatorian of Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering.
Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Tia D. Chatman, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering
STATUS
Passed
SB7101 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 39, relative to the safe storage of firearms.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, encourages that a firearm be secured in a locked container, unloaded, and separate from ammunition so as to render the firearm inoperable by any person other than the owner or another lawfully authorized user except when the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR7141 - A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Dabney Ring for her honorable and astute service to the City of Memphis and the State of Tennessee.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Sara Kyle, London P. Lamar
Last updated about 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Dabney Ring
STATUS
Engrossed
SR0138 - A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Daisy Marie Rodriguez-Galaviz, 2023 Salutatorian of City University School of Independence.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Daisy Marie Rodriguez-Galaviz, Salutatorian, City University School of Independence
STATUS
Passed
SR0133 - A RESOLUTION to recognize and congratulate Senator Mark Pody and Barbara Pody upon the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Mark Pody, Raumesh A. Akbari, Paul E. Bailey
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Senator Mark Pody and Barbara Pody, 50th wedding anniversary
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Tennessee district SD-029
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Tennessee Senate
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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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