# Tennessee (United States)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Tennessee
- **ISO code**: US-TN
- **Type**: state
- **Region**: Americas / Northern America

## In brief

Tennessee (United States) has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. ELVIS Act (voice and likeness protection against unauthorised AI cloning) in force since 1 July 2024; no general AI statute. Regulators include Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Attorney General.

## Overview

Tennessee enacted the ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security Act) in March 2024, the first US state law explicitly protecting individuals' voice against unauthorised AI cloning by extending the right of publicity and adding liability for distributing tools whose primary purpose is producing unauthorised voice or likeness.

## Regulatory status

ELVIS Act (voice and likeness protection against unauthorised AI cloning) in force since 1 July 2024; no general AI statute.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Tennessee ELVIS Act. Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

## Regulators

- Tennessee General Assembly — Legislative texts — https://www.capitol.tn.gov/
- Tennessee Attorney General — Consumer protection — https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral.html

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
- Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

## Official sources

- ELVIS Act (Public Chapter 588, HB 2091 / SB 2096) — Tennessee General Assembly — https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (Tennessee Public Chapter 588)** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-tennessee-elvis-act
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-tennessee-elvis-act.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-tennessee
- **Official source**: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf
- **Source document**: ELVIS Act (Public Chapter 588, HB 2091 / SB 2096)
- **Published by**: Tennessee General Assembly
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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