Personal Property

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the bill affects existing laws or court cases.

Extending Rights to Use Personal Property After Death

This bill changes how long certain personal rights can be used after someone dies.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the time limit for using a person's name, photo, voice, or image after they die from 10 years to 100 years.
• Updates Tennessee laws about personal property rights.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who inherit or are given someone's name, photo, voice, or image after they die.
• Executors of estates dealing with these types of personal property.

Terms To Know

Executor

A person named in a will to manage the estate and follow the wishes of someone who has died.

Heir

Someone who inherits property from a family member after they die without a will.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not explain how this change affects existing laws or court cases.
• It is unclear if there are any exceptions to the new 100-year rule.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2655
By Campbell

HOUSE BILL 2330
By Mitchell
HB2330
011550
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 3; Title 47, Chapter 25 and Title 47,
Chapter 18, relative to personal rights protections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-25-1104, is amended by deleting
"ten (10) years" from subsection (a) and subdivision (b)(2)(A) and substituting "one hundred
(100) years".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.