Election Law - Online Platforms and Qualifying Paid Digital Communications - Alterations

HB 730 requires large online platforms (with 100,000+ monthly U.S. visitors) that host paid political ads to publicly display detailed records on their own websites within 48 hours of ad placement. Advertisers must notify platforms when placing qualifying ads (defined as non-commercial political content shown to 500+ people), and platforms must make these records searchable by advertiser name in machine-readable format for at least one year after an election. Platforms may request a temporary 7-day delay for compliance (via a single waiver), but waivers are prohibited within 30 days of an election. This directly affects major social media and ad platforms handling political content meeting the size threshold, shifting record-keeping from state boards to public platform websites.