# Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (Tennessee Public Chapter 588)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Tennessee (United States)
- **Instrument type**: Act / statute
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: Tennessee General Assembly
- **Adopted**: 2024-03-21
- **In force**: 2024-07-01

## In brief

The Tennessee ELVIS Act is a binding act of Tennessee (United States), issued by Tennessee General Assembly. It has been in force since 1 July 2024. Anyone producing, publishing or distributing unauthorised AI-generated voice or likeness of individuals in Tennessee, and providers of tools primarily for that purpose.

## Summary

Signed 21 March 2024 and effective 1 July 2024, the ELVIS Act updates Tennessee's Personal Rights Protection Act to add voice to the protected attributes of name, photograph and likeness, prohibits publishing or making available an individual's voice or likeness without authorisation, and creates liability for distributing or making available an algorithm, software or tool whose primary purpose is producing an individual's voice or likeness without authorisation. It provides civil actions for individuals and licensees and criminal penalties.

## Scope

Anyone producing, publishing or distributing unauthorised AI-generated voice or likeness of individuals in Tennessee, and providers of tools primarily for that purpose.

## Key dates

2024-03-21: signed; 2024-07-01: effective.

## Notes on dates

Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0226 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0226; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-tennessee-elvis-act
- **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**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (Tennessee Public Chapter 588)" [AIPT-POL-0226, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0226 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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