Tennessee SB 1580
From State AI laws: enacted, with proof: Which US states have enacted laws about AI systems, when do they start, who enforces them, and what is the penalty?
State: Tennessee
The state whose legislature passed the law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Law: Public Chapter No. 647
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 647
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Subject: qualified mental health professional
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
shall not advertise or represent to the public that such system is or is able to act as a qualified mental health professional
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Signed: Not stated
The date the governor signed, as the official record writes it. Dates are left in the form the source uses.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Takes effect: July 1, 2026
When the law says its duties begin, in its own words. Some laws start in stages, and the quote shows which duty the date belongs to. Blank if the text gives no date and no official page states one.
This act takes effect July 1, 2026
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Applies to: a person who develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
A person who develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system shall not advertise
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Enforced by: Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
A violation of subsection (a) constitutes a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Maximum penalty: five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation
The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.
a violation of subsection (a) is subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation
Source: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Private right of action: Not stated
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Latest change: Not stated
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.