2021
Senate District 29
Senator Akbari (D) Serves as 2nd Vice Chair, Education, Member, Commerce and Labor, and Member, Ethics committee.
Vote score, leadership grade, and legislation information here is from 2020, the second year of the 111th General Assembly Session. It will be updated at the conclusion of the 2021, the first year of the 112th General Assembly Session. Look for that information around the end of May or early June, 2021.
Raumesh Akbari
Sen. Akbari is an attorney. She serves as the Democratic Caucus Chairman of the TN General Assembly. She is State Leader of Women in Government. She is Chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators and Co-chair of Interbranch Affairs Committee, The Council of State Governments and the Committee on Children, Youth and Families, National Black Caucus of State Legislators. She is Financial Secretary of the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women. She is Treasurer of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. She is a member of Leadership Council for 2017, The Council of State Governments, Democratic Party of Shelby County, Shelby County Young Democrats, Democratic Women of Shelby County, NAACP, and Memphis Urban League Young Professionals.
615.741.1767
Sen.Raumesh.Akbari@capitol.tn.gov
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Related Bills
Allows craft brewers to distribute to a 100 mile radius rather than being restricted to their home county.
Vote Result: Failed
Creates new banks of items (questions) for assessments in order to allow current tests items to be revealed after administration.
Vote Result: Passed
Allows direct agreements between patients and healthcare providers
Vote Result: Passed
Limitations on Abortion
Vote Result: Passed
Limits authority of wildlife resource officers to search/seize on private property, land, buildings, or vehicles.
Vote Result: Passed