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The bill is real.

The quotes justifying it are made up based on the ideology of the Democrats sponsoring the legislation. That is, this is what I believe they are thinking when they proposed the bill’s language.

The language of the real Senate Bill 448 restricts protection to "journalists" and their employers, and defines "journalist" as

"(5) JOURNALISM- The term `journalism' means the regular gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing of news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public.

Two implications: (1) "Regular" in a legal sense means

Customary; usual; with no unexpected or unusual variations; in conformity with ordinary practice.
An individual's regular course of business, for example, is the occupation in which that person is normally engaged to gain a livelihood.

Plus the use of the term "employer" would give a judge cover to conclude that only those engaged in it as a full-time paid employment would be covered as "journalists".

You are probably correct on their thoughts.

Now I have to find an article that isn’t satire to quote on this. Nowadays, I don’t trust the MSM. I have seen their biased spin on important topics too many times.

I prefer to get my news from the Internet and places like Free Republic. (I think this is why the MSM is going to be next tor receive bailouts.) They made themselves irrelevant let the Free Market take care of the problem.