Part 5 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 First Amendment, void-for-vagueness, Commerce Clause – pick your poison. This bill violates them all. As highlighted in part 4 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 demonstrably creates enforcement nightmares. Itโs also a constitutional minefield that courts will dismantle piece by piece for…
Part 4 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 Prosecuting โemotional supportโ means monitoring every conversation. Tennessee canโt afford that infrastructure – or the resulting lawsuits. Tennesseeโs SB 1493 does more than criminalize broad categories of AI behavior. It quietly assumes an enforcement apparatus that does not exist, cannot exist at…
Part 2 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 When “knowingly training” AI to be nice becomes a 15-60 year sentence, the bill’s language creates prosecutorial chaos. As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 (companion HB 1455), filed December 18, 2025, by Sen. Becky Massey (R), proposes…