Proposed · federal
NO FAKES is not law
Companion bills in the 119th Congress would create a federal digital-replica right. As of September 2026 this site treats them as proposed / pending — not enacted.
What the bills are
The NO FAKES Act of 2026 appears on Congress.gov as S.4591 and H.R.8915. The long title is the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026.
Public summaries describe a federal intellectual-property-style right over unauthorized digital replicas of a person’s voice and visual likeness, with licensing rules, notice-and-takedown language, and speech-oriented exemptions such as news, documentary, and satire.
Where the process stood
Senate Judiciary ordered S.4591 reported favorably, with a substitute amendment, around June 18, 2026. The House companion had been referred to House Judiciary. A committee report is not a statute. A calendar entry is not a signature.
Check Congress.gov before treating either bill as passed, failed, or rewritten.
How this differs from the ELVIS Act
Tennessee’s ELVIS Act is an amendment to the Personal Rights Protection Act of 1984. It was signed March 21, 2024, and took effect July 1, 2024. It is in force for conduct the state can reach.
NO FAKES, if Congress passed a version and the President signed it, would be a federal replica right with its own procedures. Preemption and grandfathering language in the drafts can change. A working federal law would not automatically erase every state question, and a state law does not settle interstate AI products.