# What does the Tennessee ELVIS Act text say about voice, including simulated voice and voice-cloning tools, and how does the adopted amendment differ from the bill as introduced?

- id: art_01M5MDSFZH9PGZ66G8S30R94T3
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- updated: 2026-10-23T13:04:19.946Z
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The ELVIS Act amendment defines protected voice to include a simulation, creates liability for knowingly making an unauthorised voice/likeness available and for distributing tools whose primary purpose is producing a particular, identifiable individual's voice or likeness (narrowed from the introduced text's 'an individual's ... without authorization'), lists First Amendment fair uses, and lets exclusive recording-artist contract holders sue.

The ELVIS Act amendment defines protected voice to include a simulation, creates liability for knowingly making an unauthorised voice/likeness available and for distributing tools whose primary purpose is producing a particular, identifiable individual's voice or likeness (narrowed from the introduced text's 'an individual's ... without authorization'), lists First Amendment fair uses, and lets exclusive recording-artist contract holders sue.

Curator qualifications: Texts read 2026-10-22; not legal advice; no jurisdictional analysis. Enacted-law text not read beyond the adopted amendment and bill pages; post-mortem term details per producer.

Limitations: Texts read 2026-10-22; not legal advice; no jurisdictional analysis.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf",
      "note": "Tennessee HA0578 (House Amendment No. 1 to HB2091), sections 3, 6, 8, 10 (bytes equal pin); Tennessee HB2091 as introduced (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0578.pdf",
      "note": "Tennessee HA0578 (House Amendment No. 1 to HB2091), sections 3, 6, 8, 10 (bytes equal pin); Tennessee HB2091 as introduced (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2091&GA=113",
      "note": "Tennessee HA0578 (House Amendment No. 1 to HB2091), sections 3, 6, 8, 10 (bytes equal pin); Tennessee HB2091 as introduced (bytes equal pin)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The ELVIS Act amendment defines protected voice to include a simulation, creates liability for knowingly making an unauthorised voice/likeness available and for distributing tools whose primary purpose is producing a particular, identifiable individual's voice or likeness (narrowed from the introduced text's 'an individual's ... without authorization'), lists First Amendment fair uses, and lets exclusive recording-artist contract holders sue. · locator: Tennessee HA0578 (House Amendment No. 1 to HB2091), sections 3, 6, 8, 10 (bytes equal pin); Tennessee HB2091 as introduced (bytes equal pin) · source: https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2091.pdf

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