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SB2441 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to fire departments.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, authorizes a fire department to respond to a fire or an emergency in the jurisdiction or service area of another fire department upon providing notice prior to arrival. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2456 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearms.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale, or transfer of an 80 percent frame or 80 percent receiver on or after July 1, 2024, without a manufacturer's serial number prominently stamped on the item or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the item; creates the Class A misdemeanor of manufacturing, distributing, selling, or transferring an 80 percent frame or 80 percent receiver without a serial number prominently stamped on the item or on a piece of metal securely affixed thereto, which is punishable by a $5,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2439 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to concealing identity.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, creates a sentencing enhancement factor for a defendant who wears a mask or other device that conceals the defendant's identity during the commission of an offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Failed
SB2469 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 11; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 2, Chapter 2; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40, Chapter 20 and Title 40, Chapter 29, relative to rights of citizenship.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, changes from 20 days to 15 days the notice of a hearing on a petition for restoration of rights of citizenship that must be given to the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner currently resides and the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner was convicted in order that, if deemed advisable, each may resist. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 11; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 2, Chapter 2; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40, Chapter 20 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2463 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to toxic release inventory data.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Heidi Campbell
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain an informational tool on the department's website that provides data related to the presence of facilities that are required to submit toxic release inventory data to the environmental protection agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2726 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to non-binding, advisory referenda.
Raumesh A. Akbari, Heidi Campbell
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2024 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the non-binding, advisory referendum, publish the results on the secretary of state's website, and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2753 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48, Chapter 101, relative to charitable solicitations.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, exempts a child care agency from the registration requirements for charitable organizations. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2728 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2725 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39, relative to criminal offenses.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, removes the killing of another committed in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate certain crimes from the elements of first degree murder; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for conduct of another; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for the facilitation of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2454 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to services for the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the department of health, in conjunction with the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities, to submit an annual report concerning the level of compliance with state law of each healthcare facility in this state charged with providing services to the elderly and individuals with disabilities; requires the reports to be made accessible, at no charge, to the public on the department of health's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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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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