---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 600 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d185c57-4123-4cb7-9735-057faae36c53"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6f762e2bda55017b0f78c0be16d0f7c8d8af2a8cc445d2aab72fe0aab0b80455"
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 600 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)

## Version chain

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

1. **600 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0600Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Goldin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2017)
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/2d185c57-4123-4cb7-9735-057faae36c53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).