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State/Terr	AI Scope	Relevant Law	Law Link	Effective Date	Key Requirements	Enforcements & Penalties
Tennessee	AI CSAM	Amendment of Tennessee CSAM Laws	HB 2163	7/1/2024	• Expands the scope of existing child pornography statutes to include matter that is digitally altered or generated by the use of AI.	Existing criminal penalties apply.
Tennessee	AI Likeness	Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024	Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-25-1101	7/1/2024	• Provides that every individual has a property right in the use of their name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium and in any manner. • Establishes a civil cause of action if a person knowingly uses or infringes upon the use of an individual's name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium, in any manner, for purposes of advertising, fundraising, or merchandising without consent. • Establishes a civil cause of action if a person publishes, performs, distributes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to the public an individual's voice or likeness with knowledge that the individual has not provided authorization for such use. • Establishes a civil cause of action if a person distributes, transmits, or otherwise makes available an algorithm, software, tool, or other technology, service, or device, the primary purpose or function of which is the production of an individual's photograph, voice, or likeness without authorization.	Private right of action.
Tennessee	Automated Decision-Making	Tennessee Information Protection Act	Tenn. Code. Ann. § 47-18-3301	7/1/2025	• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, like food and water). • Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data. Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.	Up to $7,500 per violation.

State/Terr

AI Scope

Relevant Law

Law Link

Effective Date

Key Requirements

Enforcements & Penalties

Tennessee

AI CSAM

Amendment of Tennessee CSAM Laws

HB 2163

7/1/2024

• Expands the scope of existing child pornography statutes to include matter that is digitally altered or generated by the use of AI.

Existing criminal penalties apply.

Tennessee

AI Likeness

Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024

Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-25-1101

7/1/2024

• Provides that every individual has a property right in the use of their name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium and in any manner.
• Establishes a civil cause of action if a person knowingly uses or infringes upon the use of an individual's name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium, in any manner, for purposes of advertising, fundraising, or merchandising without consent.
• Establishes a civil cause of action if a person publishes, performs, distributes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to the public an individual's voice or likeness with knowledge that the individual has not provided authorization for such use.
• Establishes a civil cause of action if a person distributes, transmits, or otherwise makes available an algorithm, software, tool, or other technology, service, or device, the primary purpose or function of which is the production of an individual's photograph, voice, or likeness without authorization.

Private right of action.

Tennessee

Automated Decision-Making

Tennessee Information Protection Act

Tenn. Code. Ann. § 47-18-3301

7/1/2025

• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, like food and water).

• Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data.

Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.

Up to $7,500 per violation.

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