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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 391
SENATE BILL NO. 1090
By Johnson
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1164
By McCalmon
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 58, relative to military decorations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
(a) Decorations or medals from the armed forces of the United States, the Tennessee
national guard, or the state guard, or any service medals or badges awarded to the members
of such forces, may be worn by uniformed law enforcement personnel during the week prior to
Veterans Day and Memorial Day, the day of Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and the day
immediately following Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the employer of the uniformed law enforcement
personnel may prohibit the wearing of military decorations pursuant to this section if the
employer determines that wearing the military decorations poses a safety hazard to the
uniformed law enforcement personnel or to the public.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1090
PASSED: Apri I 16, 2025
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RANDY cNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
tt.__ APPROVED this day of (V\a 4')' 2025
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