Cemeteries - As enacted, clarifies eligibility and required documentation for interment in state veterans' cemeteries for military service members and veterans, including certain members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, the army national guard, or the air national guard, and spouses and children of such service members and veterans. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

Summary

SB 1888 updates Tennessee law to allow certain reserve, National Guard, and Air National Guard members, along with their spouses and dependent children, to be interred in state veterans' cemeteries. It also lists the discharge and service documents the Department of Veterans Services must accept as proof and prohibits charging burial fees for eligible individuals. The changes aim to ensure veterans and their families receive burial benefits without cost and with clear eligibility standards.

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