Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1191: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or 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. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

In committee Last action March 25, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 1191 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or 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. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 25, 2026): Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic).