Fact · Voice privacy and security
Tennessee's ELVIS Act defines voice as a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, whether or not the sound is the actual voice or a simulation of it.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, regardless of whether the sound contains the actual voice or a simulation of the voice of the individual”
ELVIS Act (Tennessee), State of Tennessee, ETO AGORA (reproduction of the enacted bill text), 2024, Definitions section of the enacted bill (Tenn. Code Ann. 47-25-1102).
Open the original- What it measures
- The definition was added to Tennessee's 1984 Personal Rights Protection Act, which protects a person's name, photograph and likeness. The act added voice to that list.
- What it does not show
- The definition is part of a state publicity law, so it protects a voice against unauthorized use and does not make cloning a voice a crime in itself. It applies only in Tennessee.