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Raumesh Akbari
TN Senate District 29 Former
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Issue areas
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Criminal Justice & Policing 49Government Operations & Budget 41Education 38Healthcare 30Social Services & Welfare 21Civil Rights & Liberties 20Labor & Employment 18Economy & Taxes 14Technology & Privacy 10Gun Policy 8Elections & Voting 7Transportation & Infrastructure 7Other 5Immigration 4Abortion & Reproductive Rights 3Environment & Energy 3Banking & Finance 2Veterans Affairs 2Agriculture 1Defense & Military 1Housing 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN Senate District 29
Tennessee |
Democratic | Nov 6, 2018 | Nov 5, 2018 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| TN House District 91
Tennessee |
Democratic | — | Nov 5, 2018 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (92 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| SB 1912 — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school to adopt an internet acceptable use policy; makes other… | Not voting | Mar 4, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 2310 — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a… | Not voting | Mar 4, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 2072 — Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67. | Not voting | Mar 4, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 2070 — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA… | Not voting | Mar 3, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 2205 — Mass Transit - As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." - | Not voting | Feb 24, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1822 — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain… | Not voting | Feb 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1822 — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain… | Not voting | Feb 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 2423 — Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on… | Not voting | Feb 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1558 — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee public charter school commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and… | Not voting | Feb 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1753 — Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that… | Not voting | Feb 9, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 371 — Sentencing - As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a… | Not voting | Apr 21, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 843 — Real Property - As enacted, expands the purposes for which monies in the wetland acquisition fund may be used. - Amends TCA Section… | Not voting | Apr 21, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 1330 — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38… | Not voting | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1143 — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election… | Not voting | Apr 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1274 — Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental… | Not voting | Apr 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1004 — Abortion - As enacted, clarifies the term "serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" as used in… | Not voting | Apr 7, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1313 — Real Property - As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or… | Not voting | Mar 31, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJR 1 — Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying… | Not voting | Mar 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 275 — County Government - As introduced, requires the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee in a county… | Not voting | Mar 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 168 — Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates in the reserve for revenue fluctuations account a restricted account for the purchase… | Not voting | Mar 25, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 225 — Chiropractors - As enacted, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same… | Not voting | Mar 25, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 128 — Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers'… | Not voting | Mar 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 440 — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that excepted benefits are not part of a requirement to provide coverage for a specific… | Not voting | Mar 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 749 — Interest Rates - As enacted, removes the weighted average yield of the accepted offers of the Federal National Mortgage Association's… | Not voting | Mar 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 27 — Governor - As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers… | Not voting | Mar 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (237 as lead sponsor)
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SR 355
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Memorials, Recognition - Pastor Mike Ellis, Sr. and Impact Baptist Church and Ministries, 20th church anniversary -
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SJR 989
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Memorials, Interns - Donyell Hess -
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SJR 1025
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Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas -
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SR 358
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Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jamarcus Olden, Salutatorian, Fairley High School -
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SB 1697
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DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn and, if the test results…
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SJR 988
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Memorials, Recognition - ALS Awareness Month -
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SR 354
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Memorials, Personal Occasion - Malcolm Louis Wallace, 79th birthday -
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SB 1191
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Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or transferring a firearm…
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SB 1976
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Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency that uses body cameras to adopt a written policy for the use of the cameras by its law…
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SB 1977
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Probation and Parole - As introduced, specifies that if the trial judge finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has violated conditions of…
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