HB1299Tennessee2025 sessionPassed / Enacted
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness.
Deepfakes & synthetic mediaLikeness & IP (name/image/voice)Liability & private right of actionCriminal justice & policing
Plain-language summary
Creates civil and criminal causes of action in Tennessee for individuals depicted in an intimate digital depiction, including deepfakes, that is intentionally disclosed without their consent. The law amends the state's civil liability and criminal code provisions.
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History
Feb 6, 2025
HFiled for introduction
Feb 10, 2025
HIntro., P1C.
Feb 12, 2025
HP2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
Feb 12, 2025
HAssigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Mar 19, 2025
HPlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
Mar 26, 2025
HRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
Mar 26, 2025
HPlaced on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
Mar 31, 2025
HSponsor change.
Apr 2, 2025
HAction def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025
Apr 2, 2025
HPlaced on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
Apr 7, 2025
HSponsor(s) Added.
Apr 8, 2025
HRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Apr 8, 2025
HAssigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
Apr 9, 2025
HPlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
Apr 14, 2025
HPlaced behind the budget
Apr 14, 2025
HPlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
Apr 16, 2025
HPlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
Apr 17, 2025
HRec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Apr 17, 2025
HRec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
Apr 17, 2025
HPlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
Apr 17, 2025
HH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
Apr 21, 2025
HSponsor(s) Added.
Apr 21, 2025
HComp. SB subst.
May 15, 2025
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 466
Progress
Introduced
Engrossed
Enrolled
Passed
Signed into lawMay 15, 2025
Sponsors
WL
Rep. William Lamberth (R)Prime sponsor
JP
Rep. Jason Powell (D)
MH
Rep. Michael Hale (R)
SB
Rep. Shaundelle Brooks (D)
PS
Rep. Paul Sherrell (R)
GH
Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D)
Sources
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