NO FAKES Act of 2026 (S.4591 / H.R.8915)

Properties

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.
source: Senator Marsha Blackburn, press release on NO FAKES Act Senate Judiciary Committee passage
notes: Formal title: Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026. Cleared Senate Judiciary Committee by unanimous voice vote June 18, 2026; awaits a full Senate floor vote, no further action confirmed as of this writing. Senate bill number S.4591 and House companion H.R.8915 taken from congress.gov/GovTrack listings and secondary reporting (Ripon Advance), not independently confirmed against primary bill text since congress.gov blocked automated fetch. Revised reissue of the earlier NO FAKES Act of 2025 (S.1367/H.R.2794).

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.
source: Senator Marsha Blackburn, press release on NO FAKES Act Senate Judiciary Committee passage
notes: Formal title: Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026. Cleared Senate Judiciary Committee by unanimous voice vote June 18, 2026; awaits a full Senate floor vote, no further action confirmed as of this writing. Senate bill number S.4591 and House companion H.R.8915 taken from congress.gov/GovTrack listings and secondary reporting (Ripon Advance), not independently confirmed against primary bill text since congress.gov blocked automated fetch. Revised reissue of the earlier NO FAKES Act of 2025 (S.1367/H.R.2794).