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SB0876 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 66, relative to credit data.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a civil action that is filed in this state, if the action is dismissed or any judgment issued in the action is satisfied. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 66.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0871 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief.
Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes changes to property tax relief under the Property Tax Freeze Act. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
STATUS
Passed
SB0878 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to high school courses.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the board to allow one credit of data science to satisfy one of the mathematics credits required for high school graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1266 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Ferrell Haile, London P. Lamar
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15, the date by which the commissioner is required to annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1256 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 28, relative to landlord registration.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires residential landlords in Shelby County to register with the county or with the respective jurisdiction in Shelby County in which the dwelling units are located. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0557 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of David Hicks Lillard, Sr., of Fayette County.
Page Walley, Randy McNally, Ken Yager
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
David Hicks Lillard, Sr.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0150 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Dr. Charles A. Champion of Memphis.
Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Dr. Charles A. Champion
STATUS
Passed
SB1261 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the principal of a public school in the bottom 20 percent of schools based on an evaluation of all schools' performance data to develop a written proposal each school year for the principal's school that identifies the resources the school needs to provide students an adequate and equitable education; that identifies areas of improvement for the school; and that provides data to evidence each of the needs identified in the proposal; encourages principals of public schools that are not in the bottom 20 percent of schools to do the same. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0895 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 30; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 40, relative to persons serving in a fiduciary role.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows persons convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary to serve as executor, administrator or guardian, fiduciary, or conservator; removes the requirement that a petition for appointment of a conservator, a petition for letters of administration, and a petition for letters testamentary contain a statement of any misdemeanor conviction of the proposed conservator or personal representative. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0881 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, revises the requirement for automatic revocation of a public charter school agreement to apply only if certain conditions exist; prohibits the 2022 and 2023 priority school list from being considered as one of the priority school cycles required for automatic revocation of a public charter school agreement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
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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