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.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6041), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 12, 2026
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. 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

  1. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
  2. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 6041 in other sessions

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