# Tennessee ELVIS Act takes effect, protecting voice against AI cloning

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2024-07-01
- **Jurisdiction**: Tennessee (United States)
- **Instrument**: Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (Tennessee Public Chapter 588)
- **Impact level**: Routine
- **Status after the change**: In force

## 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 it means in practice

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

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2024-07-01-tennessee-elvis-act-effective
- **Official source**: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf
- **Source document**: HB 2091 (ELVIS Act)
- **Published by**: Tennessee General Assembly
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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