republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-195.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY.	The societal implications of technological developments are pervasive, and the reach and influence of digital media platforms continue to expand. Media literacy skills are necessary for citizens to safely, responsibly, and critically consume and use social media and other forms of media. In addition, media literacy education prepares students to make informed civic decisions that affect them, their families, their communities, and the world.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 195	Delaware SB 195 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	9	2	2021-06-23	2022-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f735b068-3cb3-41de-aaac-059190bec8a4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78981	8a716ce79384633f4c3456d60d84a37a55e8362f2ec4c17b784c858d1cd01621	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 195 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY.

The societal implications of technological developments are pervasive, and the reach and influence of digital media platforms continue to expand. Media literacy skills are necessary for citizens to safely, responsibly, and critically consume and use social media and other forms of media. In addition, media literacy education prepares students to make informed civic decisions that affect them, their families, their communities, and the world.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 195 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 14–7 (pass) · upper
• SM — 30–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 195 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 195 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-01-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO passage
• 2022-01-20 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 11 NO passage
• 2022-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f735b068-3cb3-41de-aaac-059190bec8a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).