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SC H3404

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brandon Guffey

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Origin

House of Representatives

126th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a property right for every individual in the use of their name, photograph, voice, or likeness in any medium

  • Creates civil liability for knowingly using someone's name, photograph, voice, or likeness without consent for advertising, fundraising, or solicitation purposes

  • Holds persons liable for publishing or distributing an individual's unauthorized voice or likeness, including AI-generated simulations

  • Makes it a civil offense to distribute algorithms, software, or tools whose primary purpose is producing unauthorized reproductions of someone's photograph, voice, or likeness

  • Terminates exclusive commercial exploitation rights 10 years after an individual's death, with a 2-year nonuse provision that can end rights earlier

Legislative Description

Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act

Last Action

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/5/2024

Full Bill Text

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