ELVIS Act voice and likeness protections
Enacted in force
Fields requiring verification
- enforcement date: Unverified — No distinct enforcement-start date was established. Primary source
In plain English
- Persons undertaking covered unauthorized name, photograph, voice or likeness uses, including specified dissemination and tools/services primarily intended to produce unauthorized representations; statutory speech, fair-use and other exceptions apply. Primary source
- Obtain authorization for covered commercial uses of another person’s protected name, photograph, voice or likeness. Primary source
- Avoid covered knowing unauthorized publication, distribution or transmission of another person’s voice or likeness. Primary source
- Authorization requirements and statutory exceptions apply to covered technology or services primarily intended to produce unauthorized protected representations. Primary source
Dates and phased obligations
2024-07-01 Primary source
The retrieved official history and summary include the adopted House amendment and final enactment. The introduced SB2096 PDF is not used as if it were final enacted text. Source and qualifications
Questions from this record
Who does PublicChapter588 (2024); HB2091/SB2096 cover?
Persons undertaking covered unauthorized name, photograph, voice or likeness uses, including specified dissemination and tools/services primarily intended to produce unauthorized representations; statutory speech, fair-use and other exceptions apply. Primary source
What is the law’s status?
Enacted / in force Primary source
What date does this record track?
2024-07-01 Primary source
Has this record been verified?
This record’s accepted facts were last reviewed on 2026-11-13; unsupported comparison fields remain Unverified. Primary source
- Tennessee General Assembly, SB2096/HB2091 history and amended summaryCompanion becamePublicChapter588; signed2024-03-21; effective2024-07-01; adoptedHouseAmendment1
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