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Bill 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.) 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.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2017 HB 5550 Rhode Island HB 5550 (2017)
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Rhode Island HB 5550 (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. 5550 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 690 (pass) · legislature
  • AS AMENDED — 720 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Blazejewski — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • Keable — primary (person)
  • Maldonado — primary (person)
  • O`Grady — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-16 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
  • 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
  • 2017-04-04 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 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 House Calendar (06/29/2017)
  • 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
  • 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2017-07-13 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c219725f-81c2-4a28-a21e-7b651a59e6c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).