HB1299

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness.

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Tennessee HB1299, the Preventing Deepfake Images Act, criminalizes the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness in intimate depictions.

Tennessee HB1299, the Preventing Deepfake Images Act, amends Tennessee Code to address the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness in intimate depictions. It allows individuals to sue for damages if their likeness is used without consent in intimate depictions. The act defines "intimate digital depiction" as a digital depiction of an individual that appears to depict uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple.

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Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

27 Yea

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0 Nay

Calendar

Apr 7, 2025

12:00 PM

House Private Acts Committee Hearing

Apr 2, 2025

12:00 PM

House Judiciary Committee Hearing

History

May 15, 2025

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 466

Apr 21, 2025

House

Sponsor(s) Added.

Apr 21, 2025

House

Comp. SB subst.