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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 — **322** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **700** (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).