Sen. Raumesh Akbari

Primary SB 1932

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows certain felony offenders to petition to have the offender's criminal history records sealed after completion of all requirements of sentencing and at least five years without being convicted of a new offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2754

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education, subject to appropriations, for the 2024-2025 school year, to approve voluntary pre-kindergarten programs in an amount sufficient to provide up to 1,200 pre-kindergarten classrooms. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2465

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish programs for free school lunch and free school breakfast for students regardless of income eligibility; requires the state to reimburse each LEA the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available private funding and federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 322

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits an LEA from suspending or expelling a student enrolled in any of the grades pre-kindergarten through two unless the student's behavior endangers the physical safety of others; authorizes an LEA to suspend such a student for such behavior for no more than three days if certain measures are taken before the student is suspended. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2450

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion; requires the governor to ensure that during such negotiation, an emphasis is placed on increasing resources and health care in rural and marginalized communities in this state. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2279

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Taxes, Sales - As introduced, changes the reporting month from February to January for when the department of revenue must report sales taxes collected for all electronic nicotine delivery devices to the speaker of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2457

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tennessee Housing Development Agency - As introduced, requires the agency to establish the payment standard amount for the monthly housing assistance payment under the federal housing choice voucher program to the maximum allowed by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 23.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2458

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

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 death of such officers' or employees' children or stepchildren. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2461

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

State Government - As introduced, requires each department of the executive branch to develop a plan to prevent the malicious and unlawful use of artificial intelligence for the purpose of interfering with the operation of the department, its agencies and divisions, and persons and entities regulated by the respective department; requires each department to report its plan, findings, and recommendations to each member of the general assembly no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1256

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Landlord and Tenant - 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.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track