Tennessee General Assembly· SB 780Companion House Bill substituted

Driver Licenses - As enacted, authorizes an honorably discharged member of the national guard to receive "veteran" designation on driver license; specifies documentation that must be provided to receive such designation., the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 148

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 790

                       By Representatives Vital, Reneau, Towns, Stevens, Reedy

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 780

                                             By Senators Lowe, Campbell

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-354, relative to honorably
discharged members of the national guard.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-354(a), is amended by adding
the language ", including an honorably discharged member of the national guard" immediately
after the language "to an honorably discharged veteran".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-354(b), is amended by adding
the following as a new, appropriately designated subdivision:

                    ( ) The applicant's honorable discharge certificate, department of defense form
          256 (DD 256), or report of separation and record of service, NGB form 22, that indicates
          an honorable discharge characterization;

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 790

PASSED:  March 24, 2025

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                            CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                        RANDl MCNALLY
                           SPEAKER OF TIIE SENATE

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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