Sen. Raumesh Akbari

Primary HB 2516

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Feb 28, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2182

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes retail food stores to sell wine on Sundays and remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to the newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

In committee Feb 27, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2517

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes retail food stores to sell wine on Sundays and remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to the newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

In committee Feb 27, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2519

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, includes one misdemeanor offense and any offenses considered one single offense for expunction purposes under current law as eligible offenses qualifying to petition for expunction under certain circumstances; splits the expunction fee among counties if the petition for expunction is for multiple offenses committed in different counties. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

In committee Feb 20, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2547

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, includes one misdemeanor offense and any offenses considered one single offense for expunction purposes under current law as eligible offenses qualifying to petition for expunction under certain circumstances; splits the expunction fee among counties if the petition for expunction is for multiple offenses committed in different counties. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

In committee Feb 20, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1863

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to report annually on student placement in reading, English language arts, and mathematics classrooms with certain low performing teachers; requires the report to be made public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31.

In committee Feb 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1843

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to report annually on student placement in reading, English language arts, and mathematics classrooms with certain low performing teachers; requires the report to be made public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31.

In committee Feb 14, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1769

Failed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Domestic Violence - As introduced, establishes employment protections for people who are victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault to attend court, meet with law enforcement, attend counseling, or find new housing. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 50, Chapter 1.

Failed Feb 13, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1861

Failed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Domestic Violence - As introduced, establishes employment protections for people who are victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault to attend court, meet with law enforcement, attend counseling, or find new housing. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 50, Chapter 1.

Failed Feb 13, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2055

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Boards and Commissions - As introduced, requires each professional board to create a remediation subcommittee for the purpose of offering a licensee, who has been cited for a licensure violation, the option to have the licensure violation remediated prior to the board applying penalties to, or suspending or revoking the license of, the cited licensee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63.

In committee Feb 7, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track