HB 849

Present law establishes numerous rights and responsibilities that apply to persons, human beings, natural persons, and living beings. This bill specifies that, as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, the terms "person, ""life, and ""natural person"" generally do not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine . This bill also defines the terms ""human b eing, ""life, and ""natural person, as such terms are generally used in Tennessee Code Annotated, as follows: ( 1) ""Human being"" means an individual living member of the species, homo sapiens, including the unborn human being during the entire embryonic and fetal stages from fertilization to full gestation; (2 ) ""Life"" m eans the condition that distinguishes animals from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death; and ( 3 ) ""Natural person"" m eans an individual living member of the species, homo sapiens ."