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 1064
Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.
AB 1064 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 799
Prisons: death benefit for incarcerated firefighters.
AB 799 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 159
Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exemptions: wildfire.
SB 159 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
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AB 979
California Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.
AB 979 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 779
Child welfare services: domestic violence consultant pilot program.
AB 779 Lackey Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
AB 1264 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 151
Early childhood education and childcare.
SB 151 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
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AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.
AB 831 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 400
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.
AB 400 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 986
State of emergency and local emergency: landslides and climate change.
AB 986 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 301
Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies.
AB 301 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 1089
Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act: industrial projects and commercial projects: tree removal and trimming.
AB 1089 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 1136
Employment: immigration and work authorization.
AB 1136 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 777
Food assistance: disasters: utilities.
AB 777 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 495
Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025.
AB 495 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 271
Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.
SB 271 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Fong
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AB 969
CalWORKs: family violence option and gender-based violence information.
AB 969 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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AB 460
Radiologic technologists: venipuncture: direct supervision.
AB 460 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 148
Higher education budget trailer bill.
SB 148 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
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AB 357
Coastal resources: coastal development permit application: higher education housing project.
AB 357 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 161
State employment: state bargaining units.
SB 161 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
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SB 635
Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities.
SB 635 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Carrillo
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AB 1400
Community colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program.
AB 1400 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 614
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.
SB 614 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
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SB 613
Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.
SB 613 Stern Senate Third Reading By Zbur
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AB 478
Accessibility to emergency information and services: evacuations: pets.
AB 478 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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SB 293
Real property tax: transfer of base year value: generational transfers: wildfire.
SB 293 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Harabedian
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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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