# Tennessee SB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness.

Tennessee SB 1346, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1346
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (134 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Intimate image victims gain lawsuit rights: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee law gives victims a right to sue over realistic, digitally created or altered intimate depictions. You must be identifiable, and someone must intentionally share the depiction without consent, knowing or recklessly ignoring that consent was absent. You can seek act…
- Online providers gain intimate image protections: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee law limits liability for covered online, information, and telecommunications service providers. They are protected for good-faith steps to block intimate digital depictions and for providing tools that help others block them. They are also protected from liability…
- Intimate image abuse brings felony penalties: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee law makes harmful sharing, threats to share, or requests for sharing intimate digital depictions crimes. The rule covers intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial financial or reputational harm. It also covers knowing or recklessly ignoring tha…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul Bailey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Heidi Campbell (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: White

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 94 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2025 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 466
- 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0336) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-16: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0349) (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0466.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1346.pdf)
- HA0336: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0336.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1346.pdf)
- SA0349: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0349.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0466.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1346.pdf)
- [HA0336 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0336.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1346.pdf)
- [SA0349 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0349.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1346-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).