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Tennessee ELVIS Act takes effect, protecting voice against AI cloning

Concerns Tennessee ELVIS Act

Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by AI Policy Tracker (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice) Open official source Context file

What changed?

The Act added voice to the right of publicity and created liability for tools primarily designed to produce unauthorised voice or likeness.

What does it mean in practice?

Providers of voice-cloning tools and users of synthetic voices need authorisation for identifiable individuals in Tennessee.

Official source

HB 2091 (ELVIS Act)Tennessee General Assembly · 21 Mar 2024

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Tennessee ELVIS Act takes effect, protecting voice against AI cloning”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2024-07-01-tennessee-elvis-act-effective (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Cite the official text alongside it: HB 2091 (ELVIS Act), Tennessee General Assembly, https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf.

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