Tennessee ELVIS Act (voice and likeness)
Updates Tennessee's personal-rights law to protect a person's voice, as well as name, photograph and likeness, against unauthorized use, including AI voice clones. It allows civil suits over making a person's voice or likeness public without authorization, and over offering tools whose primary purpose is producing a specific person's voice or likeness without authorization.
At a glance
In force
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Type
- Law
- Official title
- Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024 (HB 2091 / SB 2096, Public Chapter 588)
What this means for you
If you build AI
- If your tool's primary purpose is cloning a specific person's voice or likeness, you can be liable in Tennessee when it is used without authorization.
If you deploy AI
- Get authorization before using a real person's voice or likeness, including AI soundalikes, in ads, music or other content.
If you use AI
- In Tennessee your voice is a protected property right; you can sue over unauthorized AI copies of your voice or likeness.
Key dates
- Mar 21, 2024PastSigned by Governor LeeSource
- Jul 1, 2024PastAct takes effectNews report
Status history
- Jul 1, 2024In forceWRCB Local 3 News, May 6, 2024; capitol.tn.gov was unreachable to confirm on the bill pageNews report
- Mar 21, 2024PassedSigned by Governor LeeSource
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