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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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SB 809
Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.
SB 809 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Ramos
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SB 629
Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.
SB 629 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Zbur
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AB 764
Birds and mammals: nongame birds: mute swans.
AB 764 Jeff Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 915
Dam safety: state supervision: exceptions.
AB 915 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 825
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization.
AB 825 PETRIE-NORRIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 48
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
SB 48 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By FONG
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SB 352
Environmental justice: Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: community air monitoring.
SB 352 Reyes Senate Third Reading By BRYAN
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SB 53
Artificial intelligence models: large developers.
SB 53 Wiener Senate Third Reading By BAUER-KAHAN
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SB 767
Energy: transportation fuels: supply: reportable pipelines.
SB 767 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
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SB 42
Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.
SB 42 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lee
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AB 1152
Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin.
AB 1152 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 326
Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.
SB 326 Becker Senate Third Reading By Bryan
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AB 1454
Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.
AB 1454 RIVAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 80
Energy: Fusion Research and Development Innovation Initiative.
SB 80 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Harabedian
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SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources.
SB 237 Grayson Senate Third Reading By WILSON
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AB 963
Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.
AB 963 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 847
Peace officers: confidentiality of records.
AB 847 Sharp-Collins Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 1143
State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.
AB 1143 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 985
Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.
AB 985 Schiavo Concurrence - Urgency Added
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SB 547
Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal.
SB 547 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Calderon
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AB 1043
Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
AB 1043 WICKS Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 715
Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.
AB 715 ZBUR Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 720
Beverages: alcohol permits: container labeling.
AB 720 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 848
Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.
SB 848 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Wicks
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SB 414
School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.
SB 414 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan
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AB 1231
Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.
AB 1231 ELHAWARY Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 154
Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.
AB 154 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
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AB 1327
Home improvement and home solicitation: right to cancel contracts: notice.
AB 1327 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 1273
Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
AB 1273 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 531
Geothermal powerplants and projects: certification and environmental review.
AB 531 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 732
Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.
AB 732 MACEDO Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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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
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Issues
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