State · State Assembly
Phillip Chen
State Assemblymember · Assembly District 59 · Party: Republican
3926 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Assemblymember
- District
- Assembly District 59
- Party
- Republican
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Phillip Chen's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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AB 1768
Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles.
AB 1768 Bryan Third Reading Urgency
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AB 2766
Public postsecondary education: student housing: foster youth and homeless youth.
AB 2766 Ahrens Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2203
Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill.
AB 2203 Tangipa Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2312
State property: tidelands transfer: City of Martinez: leases.
AB 2312 Ávila Farías Consent Calendar Second Day
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ACR 184
Relative to Stuttering Awareness and Acceptance Week.
ACR 184 Rivas Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 1920
Community colleges: California College Promise: fee waiver eligibility.
AB 1920 Mark González Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2106
Malpractice actions: architects, engineers, or surveyors.
AB 2106 Patel Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2231
California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects.
AB 2231 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1829
Community colleges: CalWORKs Recipients Education Program: services.
AB 1829 Fong Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2519
State Teachers' Retirement System: positions subject to membership.
AB 2519 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1786
Public contracts: best value construction contracting for counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.
AB 1786 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1658
Local Agency Public Construction Act: change orders: County of Los Angeles: County of Santa Clara.
AB 1658 Kalra Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2188
Regional park and open-space districts: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
AB 2188 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1794
Pharmacy: enteral nutrition supplements or replacements.
AB 1794 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2117
State Board of Education: Superintendent of Public Instruction: Education Commissioner.
AB 2117 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2503
California Interscholastic Federation: pupil health: heat illness: guidelines.
AB 2503 Wallis Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1703
Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles.
AB 1703 Hart Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2780
Public employees' retirement.
AB 2780 Public Employment and Re Assembly Third Reading By McKINNOR
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AB 2263
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: employee housing: transit-oriented joint development projects.
AB 2263 Kalra Assembly Third Reading
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AB 2779
Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell-by dates.
AB 2779 Agriculture Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2308
Redevelopment: successor agency debt: City and County of San Francisco.
AB 2308 Haney Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2787
Water, parks, and wildlife: omnibus bill.
AB 2787 Water, Parks, and Wildlife Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2397
Local government: community facilities districts: financing.
AB 2397 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2655
Campaign funds: security expenses: security personnel.
AB 2655 Valencia Consent Calendar Second Day
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AB 2453
Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles.
AB 2453 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Phillip Chen controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.
Raised · 2025–2026
$1,250,427
Spent $1,586,943
Totals
- Raised$1,250,427
- Spent$1,586,943
- From individuals (itemized)$136,300 11%
Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Labor unions$242,136
- Health care$114,422
- Finance, insurance and banking$91,400
- Energy and utilities$54,300
- Tribal governments$52,300
- Real estate$40,900
- Construction and engineering$40,800
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$36,700
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 67% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
No employer was named by 3 or more donors.
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $25,000 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.
Committees, parties and organizations
- Laborers International Union of North America Laborers Local 652$17,700
- Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC$14,300
- American Council of Engineering Companies PAC$11,800
- Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs PAC$11,800
- BNSF Railway Company$11,800
- Barona Band of Mission Indians$11,800
- California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC$11,800
- California Credit Union League PAC$11,800
- California Dental Association PAC$11,800
- California New Car Dealers Association Pac$11,800
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Phillip Chen's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $0
None reported.
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Phillip Chen by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.
Campaign committees and statements (2)
The committees Phillip Chen controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.
Phillip Chen for Assembly 2024
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$0 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025$0 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$70,300 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$70,900 received
Phillip Chen for Assembly 2026
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$140,995 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$113,160 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$49,440 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$275,212 received
From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.
MethodologyDisclosures
Statements of economic interests (Form 700)
California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 17, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Apr 9, 2024 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 26, 2024 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 22, 2024 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Nov 20, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 17, 2022 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How
Committees
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
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