D Tennessee Senate · District 29 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Raumesh Akbari

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Session

Total votes

22,680

all sessions

Attendance

81%

4,641 missed

Lower than 94% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

21,192

voted in favor

Nay

1,247

voted against

Absent

4,641

missed votes

Total cast

22,680

across all sessions

Crossed party

52

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1224

Memorials, Recognition - Johnathan Elliott, 2026 Arts Academy Teacher Hero -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 6, 2026

HB 1704

Immigration - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally failing or refusing to depart when a final order of removal is outstanding; creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally entering, attempting to enter, or being found in this state after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Nay

Passed

26–6

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2077

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-113. Against party

Yea

Passed

28–2

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 1020

Memorials, Interns - Cason Orr -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2122

General Assembly, Directed Studies - As introduced, establishes a nine-member Tennessee K-12 nutrition task force to evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and other substances in public school meal programs and the impact of UPFs on student health, to report its findings by December 1, 2026, and to terminate January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

30–1

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2599

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain school employees to conduct physical searches of students and searches of vehicles, containers, packages, lockers, or other enclosures used for storage by students or visitors in certain circumstances; narrows, from all threats of violence or significantly disruptive behavior at a public school that are reported to a state or local law enforcement agency to only those first determined by the LEA to be credible, the threats or behavior for which an LEA must notify parents and guardians within 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 6, 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.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 6, 2026

HJR 1232

Memorials, Sports - Eagleville High School softball team, TSSAA Division I, Class A state champion -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 6, 2026

HJR 1221

Memorials, Sports - Jackson County High School, 2026 TSSAA Class 1A boys' basketball championship -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 6, 2026

HB 803

Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes to construct a treatment works to submit an application to the utility serving the area in which the system is located. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 62, Chapter 2; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.

Nay

Passed

20–13

Apr 6, 2026