{"slug": "tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates", "title": "Tennessee — AI Law & Policy Updates", "summary": "Tennessee's ELVIS Act, which protects an individual's voice as property and allows legal action against unauthorized AI-generated voice or likeness replicas, took effect July 1, 2024, as Public Chapter 588 (HB 2091 / SB 2096). The law also targets distribution of tools primarily designed to produce such replicas.", "body_md": "ELVIS Act — AI Voice/Likeness — **Status: In Effect**\n\nAn individual's voice is protected property. Unauthorised AI-generated voice or likeness replicas are actionable, as is distributing a tool whose primary purpose is producing them. Enacted as Public Chapter 588 (HB 2091 / SB 2096), in effect since July 1, 2024.\n\n**Recent developments:**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates", "canonical_source": "https://ai-law-tracker.com/laws/tennessee", "published_at": "2026-07-25 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 20:37:48.286846+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Tennessee", "ELVIS Act", "HB 2091", "SB 2096"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tennessee-ai-law-policy-updates.jsonld"}}