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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 781
SENATE BILL NO. 837
By Pody, Gardenhire, Bowling
Substituted for: House Bill No. 849
By Reneau, Bulso, Helton-Haynes, Reedy, Pearson, Todd, Powers
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, relative to certain conditions of personhood.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-105(a), is amended by deleting
subdivision (20) and substituting:
(20) "Person":
(A) Includes a corporation, firm, company, or association; and
(8) Does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software
program, computer hardware, or any type of machine;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 837
PASSED: April 8, 2026
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RANDY McNAI[Y
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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