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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 195"
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citation: "Delaware SB 195 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-23"
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last_action: "2022-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f735b068-3cb3-41de-aaac-059190bec8a4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78981"
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source_hash: "8a716ce79384633f4c3456d60d84a37a55e8362f2ec4c17b784c858d1cd01621"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 195 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78981&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB195)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79064&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **30–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-23** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 195 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-01-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 195 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 11 NO `passage`
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- **2022-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f735b068-3cb3-41de-aaac-059190bec8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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