BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
SB 6041: Personality rights
Updating personality rights protections.
Summary
- Expands personality rights to include the use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in any medium in any manner.
- Establishes new infringing conduct of personality rights.
- Modifies procedures and penalties related to infringement of personality rights.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 12, 2026
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Lisa Wellman (D-41)
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to updating personality rights protections;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Lisa Wellman (D-41)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
- Prefiled for introduction.
SB 6041 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6041 (2023–24) False information/ethics
- SB 6041 (2019–20) Motor vehicle sales tax
- SB 6041 (2017–18) Civil legal aid
- SB 6041 (2015–16) B&O tax exem for utilities
- SB 6041 (2013–14) Fish & wildlife enforcement
- SB 6041 (2011–12) Lighthouse school programs
- SB 6041 (2009–10) Immunization registry
- SB 6041 (2007–08) Home care quality authority