SENATE BILL 780 By Lowe HOUSE BILL 790 By Vital HB0790 002019 - 1 - 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.