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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 106"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 106 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Metts", "Picard", "Satchell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1334e07e-5d5c-43f6-9d84-0a2f5a245990"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3a4ddb5f4ae067656437b7d6b8b4cd034c8f09ac1541a7bc504e76c9c811f65b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 106 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0106.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · legislature
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Metts — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
+- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-09** 05/09/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2017)
+- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1334e07e-5d5c-43f6-9d84-0a2f5a245990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+