Naming and Designating - As enacted, renames the Army National Guard Armory located on U.S. Highway 321 in Maryville the "CSM William O. Gregory National Guard Armory." - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. Companion bill ha, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 691

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1632

                                                      By Hatcher, Massey

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1526

                              By Stinnett, Moon, McCalmon, Powers, Russell, Camper

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, Chapter 1, relative to the national guard.

          WHEREAS, nineteen-year-old William Ollie Gregory enlisted in the United States Army in
1947 and received an honorable discharge in 1956; and

          WHEREAS, William Gregory continued his service by enlisting in the Tennessee Army
National Guard in Maryville; and

          WHEREAS, William Gregory applied for a job with the Tennessee military department, and
was hired as a full-time Administrative Supply Technician, worked hard, and was promoted through
the ranks to First Sergeant of the Howitzer Battery, 11278th ACR; and

          WHEREAS, William Gregory worked at the armory on Parham Hill in Maryville/Alcoa until
construction was completed on a new armory on Highway 321; and

          WHEREAS, William Gregory moved the unit to the new armory, where he continued as a full-
time technician, and accepted a transfer to the 278th ACR Support Squadron in Knoxville; and

          WHEREAS, William Gregory was subsequently promoted to Command Sergeant Major
(CSM) and remained in the Tennessee Army National Guard as the Support Squadron CSM until his
retirement in 1992; and

          WHEREAS, CSM William Gregory dedicated nearly half his life to the military, retiring with
over forty-one years of honorable service; and

          WHEREAS, after leading a life of service and distinction, CSM William Gregory passed away
July 3, 2014, at the age of eighty-five; now, therefore,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 5, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

          58-1-517.

                    (a) The army national guard armory, located on U.S. Highway 321 in Maryville,
         Tennessee, is hereby designated as the "CSM William 0. Gregory National Guard Armory",
          in honor of Command Sergeant Major William Gregory and his valuable service to the army
          national guard and the state of Tennessee.

                    (b) From existing resources, the department of military is directed to erect suitable
          signs or to affix suitable markers designating such edifice as the "CSM William 0. Gregory
          National Guard Armory".

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1632

PASSED:  March 30, 2026

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                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                            BILL LEE, GOVERNOR