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SR7019 - 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
Last updated about 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Dabney Ring
STATUS
Passed
SJR7099 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Senator Roy Herron.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Jeff Yarbro, London P. Lamar
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Senator Roy Herron
STATUS
Engrossed
SB7100 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the safe storage of firearms.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, encourages the owner of a firearm, or a person authorized to use the firearm, to report theft or loss of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of discovering the theft or loss. - Amends TCA Title 39.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0781 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Theron Ira Louis Lacy of Nashville.
Charlane Oliver, Rusty Crowe, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Theron Ira Louis Lacy
STATUS
Passed
SJR7140 - A RESOLUTION to recognize Jim Jaggers on the occasion of his retirement.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Sara Kyle, London P. Lamar
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Jim Jaggers
STATUS
Engrossed
SR7020 - A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate WDIA Radio of Memphis on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Sara Kyle
Last updated about 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
WDIA, 75th anniversary
STATUS
Passed
SB7073 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to offenses related to inducing or coercing a minor to commit an offense.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, creates a Class D felony offense for an adult criminal gang member who induces or coerces a minor to steal a firearm; makes the adult criminal gang member criminally responsible for offenses the minor commits with stolen firearm. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
SB7066 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearm safety devices.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires a federally licensed firearm dealer to install a firearm safety device on a firearm before delivering the firearm to a purchaser if the purchaser is not a federally licensed firearm dealer; defines a firearm safety device as a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first deactivating the device. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
STATUS
Introduced
SR7014 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Benjamin Matthew Kredich of Knoxville.
Becky Duncan Massey, Richard M. Briggs, Randy McNally
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Benjamin Matthew Kredich
STATUS
Passed
SB7107 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to a law enforcement agency's access to security systems.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, specifies that an LEA must provide a responding law enforcement agency with immediate access to the LEA's security systems during a drill or in an emergency situation. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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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