Raumesh Akbari

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• SB 3 Abortion - As introduced, clarifies that the term "abortion," as defined for the offense of criminal abortion, does not include the use of contraceptives, including any device, medication, biological product, or procedure that is generally intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy, whether specifically intended to prevent pregnancy or for other health needs, or the disposal of embryos resulting from fertility treatments, including healthcare services, procedures, testing, medications, treatments, or products. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 30, 2026
• SB 2693 Millington - Subject to local approval, requires a candidate for the office of mayor to be a resident of the City of Millington for one year preceding the election rather than 60 days to qualify to run for such office. - Amends Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten. · Became Law · Jun 3, 2026
• SB 1700 Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47. · Became Law · May 27, 2026
• SB 232 Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign with certain limitations on access. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7. · Became Law · May 27, 2026
• SB 2669 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Introduced · May 26, 2026
• SB 2377 Education - As enacted, requires the state board of education to establish a qualified dyslexia interventionist endorsement to allow an educator to provide targeted instructional intervention, academic support, behavioral support, or related services to students demonstrating characteristics of dyslexia. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Became Law · May 18, 2026
• SB 1170 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, provides that a person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, the person solicits, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another person to commit the offense. - 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. · Introduced · May 15, 2026
• SJR 988 Memorials, Recognition - ALS Awareness Month - · Became Law · May 11, 2026
• SJR 1235 Memorials, Retirement - Scott Sutherland, Senior Deputy Attorney General - · Became Law · May 11, 2026
• SJR 1271 Memorials, Personal Occasion - John Patrick Hallet and Susan Marie Hallet, 45th wedding anniversary - · Became Law · May 11, 2026
• SR 410 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jason Jimenez Perez, Valedictorian, Central High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 411 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Morgan Burns, Salutatorian, Millington Central High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 430 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Viondre Johnson, Salutatorian, Fairley High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 428 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dariana Sanchez Arredondo, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 429 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liliana Mendez-Medina, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 419 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Travis Houston, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 431 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Corey Armstrong, Valedictorian, Fairley High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 418 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Aiden Lockhart, Valedictorian, Middle College High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 413 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Mann, Salutatorian, Whitehaven High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 407 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dartaniel Brenton, Salutatorian, Westwood High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 432 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Ollie Liddell, 2026 Outstanding High School Music Educator - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 408 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Laurencia Fulwiley, Valedictorian, Westwood High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 420 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Rodriguez, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 412 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily McKell, Valedictorian, Millington Central High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 414 Memorials, Academic Achievement - A'Niya Graham, Valedictorian, Whitehaven High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 449 Memorials, Recognition - Paytn Gibson, Carter Holmes, and Ty Miller of Memphis East T-STEM Academy - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 417 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rakyah Watson, Salutatorian, Middle College High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 415 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lashayla Williams, Salutatorian, Mitchell High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 416 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amir Farmer, Valedictorian, Mitchell High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SR 409 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ajada McGowan, Salutatorian, Central High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• SB 2670 Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49. · Became Law · Apr 29, 2026
• SB 1159 Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study concerning subjects related to access of family members to incarcerated persons for visitation; requires the department to report its findings to each member of the general assembly and to provide a copy of the report to the legislative librarian by no later than January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 51. · Became Law · Apr 28, 2026
• SB 579 Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent 4 weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68. · Became Law · Apr 28, 2026
• SB 1697 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 are positive for sickle cell trait, to notify the parent or legal guardian of the newborn tested as soon as practicable. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 5. · Introduced · Apr 27, 2026
• SB 1213 Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Became Law · Apr 24, 2026
• SB 1970 Public Records - As enacted, entitles an individual who is not a citizen of this state to inspect or receive a copy of any law enforcement record or report pertaining solely to that individual. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7. · Became Law · Apr 24, 2026
• SJR 1257 Memorials, Personal Occasion - John Patrick Hallet and Susan Marie Hallet, 45th wedding anniversary - · Introduced · Apr 23, 2026
• SB 155 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act," which requires, instead of authorizes, LEAs and public charter schools to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge in all women's and girls' bathrooms, in all locker rooms, and with school nurses at each public senior high school for student use only. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2026
• SB 1164 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of fresh, frozen, and canned fruit and vegetables for human consumption from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-228. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2026
• SB 587 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a pilot program for the placement of hygiene vending machines that dispense feminine hygiene products to students at no cost to the student in women's restrooms or locker rooms in each eligible school selected to participate in the program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2026
• SR 359 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaden Gritzmaker, Valedictorian, Fairley High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 7, 2026
• SB 1694 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, extends from 30 days to 30 business days the period of time within which an insurer must respond to the department's request for information in regard to a complaint filed against the insurer. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39; Title 52; Title 56; Title 58; Title 68 and Title 71. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2026
• SR 355 Memorials, Recognition - Pastor Mike Ellis, Sr. and Impact Baptist Church and Ministries, 20th church anniversary - · Passed Legislature · Apr 2, 2026
• SB 1182 Sentencing - As introduced, requires a local community corrections advisory board to provide its annual report to the county legislative body on the progress of community corrections programs by February 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2026
• SB 1186 Children - As introduced, authorizes a juvenile court to order a child who is accused of being delinquent or unruly and released prior to a hearing to wear a global positioning monitoring system device; if the court issues such an order, requires the entity operating the global positioning monitoring system to notify the probation officer or other entity ordered to take charge of the child if the child violates the instructions issued by the court upon release; requires students who are expelled for committing a zero tolerance offense for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity to undergo counseling and a mental health evaluation before returning to school. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 49. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2026
• SB 662 Mental Illness - As introduced, establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person poses an imminent substantial likelihood of serious harm and needs emergency detention and examination if the person was charged with one of certain criminal offenses and ordered by the criminal, circuit, or general sessions court to undergo an evaluation to determine whether the person is incompetent to stand trial or the person's mental capacity at the time of the commission of the crime; requires clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2026
• SB 1976 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 enforcement officers; establishes certain requirements for the policies. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2026
• SB 1187 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, makes various changes to criminal law, including requiring defendants accused of certain offenses to be subject to a global positioning monitoring system as condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2026
• SB 2389 Registers of Deeds - As introduced, creates a two-year pilot program that requires the register of deeds in Shelby County to verify and record the government-issued photo identification of individuals presenting documents for in-person property transfers. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 66 and Title 67. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2026
• SB 1699 Immigration - As introduced, prohibits the use of certain public properties, schools, and religious institutions for certain civil immigration enforcement activities; requires state departments and agencies to make available to the public certain information concerning person's rights with regard to federal agents. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7, Chapter 68; Title 12; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 50, Chapter 1. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2026
• SR 285 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dwayne Thompson, Tennessee Ethics Commission - · Passed Legislature · Mar 24, 2026
• SB 1350 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer or relative to file a petition for an extreme risk protection order; creates an offense to store or keep a firearm in any place unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, unloaded, and separate from ammunition except when the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user; prohibits a gun dealer from delivering a firearm to a purchaser until 15 business days after the completion of certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17. · Introduced · Mar 23, 2026
• SB 589 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, expands the definition of a health benefit plan; requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after January 1, 2026, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. · Introduced · Mar 23, 2026
• SB 1975 School Vouchers - As introduced, allows a child with a medical condition that inhibits the child from attending school in person to receive an individualized education account to enroll in a home school program. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2026
• SB 1354 Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and implement a suicide prevention program; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health-related matters on this program and any suggestions from the department based upon the research conducted from the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68. · Introduced · Mar 17, 2026
• SB 2661 Schools, Charter - As introduced, changes from December 11 to December 15, the date by which the state board of education is required to post the information received from each local education agency regarding the total amount of authorizer fees collected by the LEA in the previous school year and the authorizing obligations fulfilled using the authorizer fees collected on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2026
• SB 1421 Civil Procedure - As introduced, creates an affirmative defense that may be utilized by a covered entity that is the subject of a data breach, if the covered entity’s cybersecurity program meets certain criteria at the time the breach occurs. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29 and Title 47, Chapter 18. · Introduced · Mar 9, 2026
• SJR 580 Naming and Designating - Designates July 2026 as "Uterine Fibroid Awareness Month." - · Passed One Chamber · Feb 26, 2026
• SJR 574 Memorials, Death - Dr. Barbara Alfreda Duncan-Cody - · Became Law · Feb 11, 2026
• SJR 575 Memorials, Recognition - West Tennessee Annual Conference of AME Church, 151st session - · Became Law · Feb 11, 2026
• SB 2666 Elder Abuse - As introduced, requires the court to set a date for a deposition to preserve testimony in a case in which an alleged offense against an elderly or vulnerable adult has been committed within 45 days, rather than 60 days, of the filing of the original motion to preserve testimony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71. · Introduced · Feb 5, 2026
• SB 2668 Education - As introduced, requires each elementary and secondary school to post two, rather than one, signs that contain the toll-free telephone number operated by the department of children's services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. in clearly visible locations in public areas of the school that are readily accessible to students. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Introduced · Feb 5, 2026
• SJR 572 Memorials, Recognition - Centenary United Methodist Church, historical marker dedication - · Became Law · Feb 3, 2026
• SB 1834 Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes a tow truck to display a single, steady-burning or flashing blue light to the rear, but not the front, of the tow truck when stationary and engaged in the recovery of, or otherwise providing assistance to, another vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4. · Introduced · Feb 2, 2026
• SB 1423 Education - As enacted, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to develop and implement a policy to provide, with each K-8 student's report card, the student's score on the universal reading screener if administered to the student in the current school year, and the results of the dyslexia screener most recently administered to the student, if applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49. · Became Law · May 13, 2025
• SB 1178 Disability and Aging, Dept. Of - As enacted, directs the commissioner and the director of TennCare to develop guidelines for service providers for hiring qualified family members as a family caregiver; specifies that the department and the bureau of TennCare shall not prohibit qualified individuals from employment as a family caregiver at a service provider agency based on certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 52 and Title 71. · Became Law · Apr 30, 2025
• SR 149 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kimberly Maldonado, Valedictorian, Whitehaven High School - · Passed Legislature · Apr 25, 2025
• SJR 398 Memorials, Interns - Taylor Hollands - · Became Law · Apr 24, 2025
• SB 1168 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA), in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, to study and make recommendations for the implementation of an incentive program for educators who have 15 or more years' experience in education; requires OREA to report its findings and recommendations for implementation of the incentive program by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2025
• SJR 325 Memorials, Death - Ava May Christopher - · Became Law · Apr 10, 2025
• SB 337 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes certain counties to levy a local option sales tax at the rate of 3.75 percent, instead of a maximum of 2.75 percent, if the revenue from the increase in such tax is used by the county exclusively for the construction of a new county jail or to retire debt, including principal and interest and related expenses, on such construction. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7. · Introduced · Apr 2, 2025
• SJR 216 Memorials, Recognition - State Government Affairs Council, 50th anniversary - · Became Law · Mar 31, 2025
• SB 1419 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires institutions of higher education to conduct various programs for intercollegiate athletes covering name, image, and likeness; authorizes institutions of higher education to collect talent fees; makes various other changes to intercollegiate athletes' name, image, and likeness authorizations and requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. · Introduced · Mar 26, 2025
• SB 501 TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid eligibility solely for the purpose of providing treatment for a patient with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to negotiate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services with respect to the terms of such expansion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 5. · Introduced · Mar 26, 2025
• SR 56 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Patricia Pryor Degrafinreid, 70th birthday - · Passed Legislature · Mar 25, 2025
• SB 1357 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $20, the minimum hourly wage for employees within this state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. · Introduced · Mar 25, 2025
• SB 588 Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee for Tampons Act," which requires public institutions of higher education to provide feminine hygiene products in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker rooms. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. · Introduced · Mar 19, 2025
• SR 36 Memorials, Recognition - Kortland Whalum - · Passed Legislature · Mar 13, 2025
• SR 31 Memorials, Death - Grace Bolton Freeman - · Passed Legislature · Mar 7, 2025
• SJR 53 Memorials, Recognition - Tay Keith - · Became Law · Mar 4, 2025
• SJR 19 Memorials, Recognition - Victoria Eady Butler - · Became Law · Mar 3, 2025
• SB 1169 Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, exempts a child care agency from the registration requirements for charitable organizations. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101. · Introduced · Feb 12, 2025
• SB 1171 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires a member of TCRS to provide a copy of any final workers' compensation settlement or judgment to the retirement system no later than 45 days, rather than 30 days, after the settlement or judgment becomes final. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 35; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 66 and Title 71. · Introduced · Feb 12, 2025
• SB 1167 Taxes - As introduced, changes from March 31 to March 1, the date by which the department of transportation must transmit to the governor and speakers of both houses its annual report listing the litter prevention programs receiving funds from the 0.4 percent increase in the gross receipts tax on bottled soft drinks, the amount of funds received by the programs, and the purpose for which the funds were spent. - Amends TCA Title 67. · Introduced · Feb 12, 2025
• SB 1358 State Employees - As introduced, increases, from three days to three months, the amount of paid leave provided to the officers and employees of the various agencies, boards, and departments of state government in the event of the death of such officers' or employees' children or stepchildren. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50. · Introduced · Feb 12, 2025
• SB 338 State Symbols - As introduced, designates "Tennessee" by Arrested Development as an official state song. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. · Introduced · Feb 12, 2025
• SJR 18 Memorials, Heroism - Tom Lee - · Became Law · Feb 10, 2025

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