# Tennessee HB 1513: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to the Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act. Tennessee HB 1513, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to the Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-03-30 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1513-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1513 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to the Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-03-30, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: Election Laws - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (153 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Deepfake liability limits for communication providers: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee limits liability under the new deepfake-labeling rule for certain communication providers. Hosts, third-party producers, internet providers and their affiliates or subsidiaries, search engines, and cloud providers receive protection. They are not liable solely for… - Candidate deepfake warnings and court remedies: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee requires warnings on political communications using deepfakes covered by state law to fake candidates’ speech or actions. Audio must state at both the beginning and end: “This communication contains fake content impersonating speech that did not occur.” Video-only… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: John Ray Clemmons (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason Powell (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2026-03-30: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-03-30: Pub. Ch. 625 - 2026-03-26: Signed by Governor. - 2026-03-17: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-03-17: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-03-12: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-03-12: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0510) (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 (House) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-09: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0611) (House) - 2026-03-05: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026 (House) - 2026-02-17: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-02-11: Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/17/2026 (House) - 2026-01-14: Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-01-13: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-01-12: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0611, 2026-03-09: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0611.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0625.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1513.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1513.pdf) - SA0510: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0510.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (failed) - HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (failed) - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) ## Sources - [HA0611 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0611.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0625.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1513.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1513.pdf) - [SA0510 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0510.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026) - [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026) - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026) - [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1513-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).