State AI Law · Tennessee · 1 statute on the books

AI Laws in Tennessee

Every AI-related law currently on the books or recently enacted in Tennessee. Each entry below shows the effective date, regulated scope, key triggers, enforcement authority, and penalty exposure — plus a link to the statute text.

Laws at a glance

Tennessee's AI statutes cover: AI voice, deepfake audio, likeness, right of publicity, synthetic voice, voice cloning. Details for each law follow below. Note that individual statutes frequently have phased effective dates — pay close attention to which provisions apply when for your entity.

Each law, in detail

Effective 2024-07-01

TN ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act)

Scope: Extends Tennessee's right of publicity to protect an individual's voice from unauthorized AI-generated imitation, creating liability for developers and distributors of AI tools used primarily to produce unauthorized voice replicas.

Key triggers / concepts

voice cloningAI voicedeepfake audioright of publicitysynthetic voicelikeness

Enforcement authority

Private right of action; Tennessee Attorney General for criminal provisions

Penalties

Civil damages (actual and punitive), injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees

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