---
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: "HB 5664"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5664 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Handy", "Marshall", "Marszalkowski", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb5ef58a-c5cb-4d2b-8e84-53d5b6e1a1d5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e0365d72ab914d9831891addba8e05f36b8ff562f96d8009d3c349c98541a583"
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 HB 5664 (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. **5664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5664.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/cb5ef58a-c5cb-4d2b-8e84-53d5b6e1a1d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).