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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Raumesh AkbariPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
  2. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  3. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
  4. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
  5. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
  6. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
  7. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
  8. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
  9. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
  10. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
  11. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
  12. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source