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TennesseeSB 1346114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness.
Sponsored By: Jeff Yarbro (Democrat)
Became Law
Criminal Offenses
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Sue when intimate deepfakes are shared
Beginning July 1, 2025, you can sue if someone intentionally shares an intimate digital image of you without consent and knew or recklessly ignored that you did not agree. Consent to make is not consent to share; sharing consent must be a plain‑language written, signed agreement that describes the image and any work it appears in. Courts can order the person to stop showing or sharing the image, and you may ask to use a pseudonym when seeking these orders. If you win, you can choose your damages: your actual losses or $150,000 in set damages, plus the defendant’s profits, possible punitive damages, and your legal costs. A parent, guardian, estate representative, or court‑appointed person (not the defendant) can sue for a minor, incapacitated, or deceased person. You cannot sue for good‑faith reports to law enforcement, disclosures in a legal proceeding, or disclosures reasonably meant to help you, and disclaimers are not a defense.
Criminal penalties for harmful deepfakes
Beginning July 1, 2025, it is a crime to share, threaten to share, or ask others to share an intimate digital image to harass, threaten, alarm, or harm money or reputation, or when you know or recklessly ignore that it will cause harm. Most violations are a Class E felony. The offense is a Class C felony if the conduct could affect a government proceeding, including an election, or help cause violence. A disclaimer that the image was unauthorized or that the person did not participate is not a defense.
Protections for platforms that remove images
Beginning July 1, 2025, online platforms and telecom services are not liable, civilly or criminally, when they act in good faith to remove or limit access to intimate digital images or enable others to do so. They are also not liable for content posted by another person in violation of this law.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jeff Yarbro
Democrat • Senate
Cosponsors
Raumesh Akbari
Democrat • Senate
Paul Bailey
Republican • Senate
Janice Bowling
Republican • Senate
Heidi Campbell
Democrat • Senate
Ferrell Haile
Republican • Senate
Shane Reeves
Republican • Senate
Paul Rose
Republican • Senate
Dawn White
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/21/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025
Yes: 94 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/15/2025
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2025
Yes: 32 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/2/2025
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Pub. Ch. 466
5/15/2025Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
5/15/2025Signed by Governor.
5/9/2025SenateTransmitted to Governor for action.
5/1/2025SenateSigned by H. Speaker
4/30/2025HouseSigned by Senate Speaker
4/29/2025SenateEnrolled and ready for signatures
4/28/2025SenateSubst. for comp. HB.
4/21/2025HouseAm. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0336)
4/21/2025HousePassed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
4/21/2025HouseRcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
4/16/2025HouseSenate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0349)
4/15/2025SenatePassed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0
4/15/2025SenateEngrossed; ready for transmission to House
4/15/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
4/15/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025
4/11/2025SenateRecommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
4/2/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
4/1/2025SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
4/1/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
4/1/2025SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
3/31/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
3/31/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
3/26/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
HA0336
Introduced
SA0349
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