Personal Property - As introduced, extends from 10 to 100 years the initial statutory period of the postmortem right to commercial exploitation of a deceased individual's property rights in such individual's name, photograph, voice, or likeness by an executor, assignee, heir, or devisee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 47, Chapter 25 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Summary

The bill changes Tennessee law to increase the statutory period for heirs, executors or assignees to profit from a deceased individual's name, photograph, voice or likeness from ten years to one hundred years. It amends several sections of the Tennessee Code and will take effect on July 1, 2026. The change aims to give families longer control over a deceased person’s publicity rights.

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