Government and public statistics
ELVIS Act (Tennessee)
State of Tennessee, ETO AGORA (reproduction of the enacted bill text), 2024
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- The enacted text of Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024, which adds voice to the state's publicity rights and defines it. The page reproduces the bill and states its effective date and penalty section.
- How much weight it carries
- Reproduces the enacted bill text, but it is a third-party legal database rather than the official Tennessee code. The codified sections are Tenn. Code Ann. 47-25-1101 and following, which should be checked for the current wording.
Facts taken from this source
- Tennessee's ELVIS Act took effect on July 1, 2024.
“This act takes effect July 1, 2024, the public welfare requiring it.” (Final section of the enacted bill (effective date))
- 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.
“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” (Definitions section of the enacted bill (Tenn. Code Ann. 47-25-1102))