- kind
- law
- target
- voice-and-likeness
- jurisdiction
- US, federal
- mechanism
- Creates a federal intellectual-property-style right for individuals over their own voice and visual likeness against unauthorized AI-generated digital replicas; makes producers and distributors of unauthorized replicas civilly liable, holds platforms liable if they knowingly host them, and would set a uniform federal standard alongside state right-of-publicity laws such as Tennessee's ELVIS Act.
- status
- committee
- owns
- First federal-level voice-and-likeness right under active consideration; distinct from tn-elvis-act by operating at the national level and by adding platform-liability and preemption provisions the state law lacks.
- notes
- Formal title: Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026. Per Daily Journal reporting (secondary source), on September 30, 2026 Sen. Blackburn sought passage by unanimous consent and Sen. Ted Cruz objected, so the bill did not pass the Senate before the pre-midterm recess; the same reporting says it will not advance until at least November. Status stays 'committee' (the catalogue vocabulary has no 'reported/awaiting floor' value); no floor passage. Committee action (reported to have cleared Senate Judiciary by voice vote on June 18, 2026), the Senate bill number S.4591 and the House companion H.R.8915 come from secondary reporting and search summaries and were not confirmed against primary bill text, since congress.gov and GovTrack return 403 to automated fetch. Revised reissue of the earlier NO FAKES Act of 2025 (S.1367/H.R.2794).
