The ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act) was the first US state law to explicitly protect an individual’s voice from AI-generated replicas, expanding Tennessee’s right of publicity to address voice cloning specifically. The law passed in March 2024 with input from the Nashville music industry.

• A person’s name, photograph, voice, and likeness as a protected personal property right
• Unauthorized commercial use including AI-generated audio simulating an individual’s voice
• Both living individuals and the estates of deceased individuals

• Civil cause of action with treble damages available for knowing violations
• Injunctive relief available to halt distribution
• Defines “voice” broadly: a sound readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual
• Companion statutes SB 1346 / HB 1299 expanded coverage to synthetic intimate imagery in 2025