130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1199
H.P. 877 House of Representatives, March 22, 2021
An Act To Require Education and Training Regarding Media
Literacy for Legislators and Legislative Staff
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 18, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative KESSLER of South Portland.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §170-C is enacted to read:
3 §170-C. Required training regarding media literacy
4 All Legislators and legislative staff shall attend and complete a course of in-person
5 education and training on media literacy at the beginning of each regular session of the
6 Legislature. The Legislative Council shall develop and implement this course of education
7 and training to assist Legislators and legislative staff to recognize disinformation and
8 misinformation.
9 SUMMARY
10 This bill requires the Legislative Council to provide training to all Legislators and
11 legislative staff, at the beginning of each regular session of the Legislature, on media
12 literacy. The purpose of the training is to help Legislators and legislative staff recognize
13 disinformation and misinformation.
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