Regulations Implementing California's Charitable Fundraising Platform Law Finalized: Significant Compliance Changes Lie Ahead

California has approved final regulations (Final Regulations) to implement Assembly Bill 488 (AB 488), which was signed into law in October 2021. The law amended The Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act (Act). Among other changes, the Act now regulates any entity that uses the internet to provide a website, service, or other platform to persons in California and performs, permits, or otherwise enables acts of solicitation to occur online. With limited exceptions, the Act now regulates virtually all online fundraising efforts that solicit contributions from people in California—whether that giving is connected to social media efforts, shopping and e-commerce transactions, online gaming, prize promotions, or otherwise.