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State Representative, 60th District
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Shaundelle BrooksCampaign photo — VOTE411 (League of Women Voters)

Shaundelle Brooks

Candidate for State Representative, 60th District

DemocraticIncumbent

Background

Occupation
State representative; community advocate
Lives in
Hermitage
Campaign website
brooksforstatehouse.com

Community advocate who entered politics after her son Akilah was killed in the 2018 Waffle House shooting; elected to the House in 2024, she is the House Democratic Assistant Floor Leader.

Report

Photo: Campaign photo — VOTE411 (League of Women Voters)

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

Public safety

  • Sponsored Akilah's Law on gun transfers to recent psychiatric patients.In office

    House Bill 947 (114th General Assembly), introduced; taken off notice in the Judiciary Committee in April 2026.

    Representative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years”
    Report
  • Sponsored bill requiring firearms be stored locked.In office

    House Bill 949 (114th General Assembly), introduced.

    Representative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates a criminal offense of storing or keeping a firearm in any place if the firearm is not secured in a locked container”
    Report

Education

Environment & parks

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