Raumesh Akbari
DemocraticIncumbent
State senator; attorney · Memphis
The gist
- Sponsored newborn screening for sickle cell trait.In office
- Sponsored four weeks' leave for living organ donors.In office
- Sponsored a dyslexia interventionist endorsement for educators.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Sponsored newborn screening for sickle cell trait.
Legislation sponsored by Senator Raumesh Akbari, 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB1697 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn”
Sponsored four weeks' leave for living organ donors.
Legislation sponsored by Senator Raumesh Akbari, 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0579 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“allows for eligible employees to be absent four weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery”
Sponsored a dyslexia interventionist endorsement for educators.
Legislation sponsored by Senator Raumesh Akbari, 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB2377 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“requires the state board of education to establish a qualified dyslexia interventionist endorsement”