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Tennessee adds voice to its likeness law to cover AI voice clones

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Source: Office of the Governor of Tennessee: Gov. Lee signs ELVIS Act into lawAlso reported by RIAA

Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act on 21 March 2024 in Nashville. The law updates Tennessee’s Protection of Personal Rights law to protect a person’s voice alongside name and likeness, aimed at generative AI tools that clone voices. The Recording Industry Association of America backed the bill.

Why it matters

Musicians and other performers in Tennessee gained a state-law claim against unauthorised AI clones of their voice.

When
21 Mar 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0169
Where
Tennessee
Who
State of Tennessee, Recording Industry Association of America; Bill Lee

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Office of the Governor of Tennessee and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Office of the Governor of Tennessee

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Cite this story

WTA-N-2024-0169: “Tennessee adds voice to its likeness law to cover AI voice clones.” wheresthe.ai, 21 Mar 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-tn-elvis-act-signed-2024-03/ (source: Office of the Governor of Tennessee: Gov. Lee signs ELVIS Act into law).

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