Teen driving laws - ???????

I'm a sophomore in high school and I'm sixteen. I got my license this past summer in July and I am so happy to have the freedom to drive myself around! It's amazing!!! But the thing is I can only have one friend (or other person, that is not related to me) in the car with me... or can I? I've heard tons of different things. One of the things I've heard is that if you got your license before Aug. 1 you can have as many people as you want. Well, that's super cool!!!! Idk if it's true though. I wish the state would have somehow given us more information on it. I don't want to get in trouble just because I didn't know the laws. All of my friends have questions on the laws, too. Hopefully we'll be able to find more information about the driving laws soon.