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Phillip Chen

State Assemblymember · Assembly District 59 · Party: Republican

3926 final-passage votes on record.

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A member of California's Assembly, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on ACR 13 (Relative to International Day of Peace.). It passed. Jul 17, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 255 (County recorders: notification.). It passed. Jul 17, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 642 (Emergencies proclaimed by the Governor: school employee catastrophic leave.). It passed. Jul 17, 2025

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Record at a glance

3926
Final-passage votes
4784
All recorded votes

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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Assemblymember
District
Assembly District 59
Party
Republican
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

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No issues page found

Phillip Chen's website (ad59.asmrc.org ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 11, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows Phillip Chen's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • ACR 13

    Relative to International Day of Peace.

    ACR 13 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 255

    County recorders: notification.

    SB 255 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 642

    Emergencies proclaimed by the Governor: school employee catastrophic leave.

    AB 642 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 693

    Employees: meal periods.

    SB 693 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 387

    Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers.

    SB 387 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 48

    Relative to High School Voter Education Weeks.

    SCR 48 Cervantes Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 106

    Relative to Court Adoption and Permanency Month.

    ACR 106 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 251

    Claims against the state: appropriation.

    SB 251 Caballero Third Reading Urgency By Wicks

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 453

    Microgrid incentive program.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 371

    Transportation network companies: insurance coverage.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 547

    Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 292

    Electricity: wildfire mitigation: deenergization events and reliability.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 291

    Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 847

    Workers' compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 473

    Water corporations: demand elasticity: rates and surcharges.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 445

    High-speed rail: third-party agreements, permits, and approvals: regulations.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 254

    Energy.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 770

    Common interest developments: EV charging stations.

    Do pass.

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 616

    Community Hardening Commission: wildfire mitigation program.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 447

    Workers' compensation: death benefits.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 487

    Workers' compensation.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 812

    Qualified youth drop-in center health care coverage.

    Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 62

    Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 363

    Health care coverage: independent medical review.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 40

    Health care coverage: insulin.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 535

    Obesity Care Access Act.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 402

    Health care coverage: autism.

    Do pass.

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 35

    Alcohol and drug programs.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 530

    Medi-Cal: time and distance standards.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 582

    Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 257

    PARENT Act.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 306

    Health care coverage: prior authorizations.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 626

    Perinatal health screenings and treatment.

    Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 15, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • ACR 94

    Relative to antimicrobial resistance.

    ACR 94 Patel Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 521

    Public employment: disqualification.

    SB 521 Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1216

    Elementary and secondary education: omnibus.

    AB 1216 Education Concurrence in Senate Amendments By MURATSUCHI

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 863

    Taxation.

    SB 863 Rev. & Tax. Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 3

    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

    SJR 3 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Calderon

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AJR 18

    Recognition of the historical wrongdoing committed against California Native Americans.

    AJR 18 Ramos Assembly Third Reading

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 951

    Health care coverage: behavioral diagnoses.

    AB 951 Ta Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 377

    High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment.

    AB 377 Tangipa Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 757

    Local government: nuisance abatement.

    SB 757 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Dixon

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 822

    Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 390

    Vehicles: highway safety.

    AB 390 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 73

    Relative to Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week.

    SCR 73 Niello Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 81

    Relative to the Border Patrol Agent Daniel H. Salazar Memorial Highway.

    ACR 81 DeMaio Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 459

    Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.

    SB 459 Grayson Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

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
    8 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,250,427
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $1,586,943
  • From individuals (itemized)
    48 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $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 assigned

Top 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
    3 contributions · organization · Labor unions
    $17,700
  • Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $14,300
  • American Council of Engineering Companies PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Construction and engineering
    $11,800
  • Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs PAC
    3 contributions · committee · Not classified
    $11,800
  • BNSF Railway Company
    2 contributions · organization · Transportation
    $11,800
  • Barona Band of Mission Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800
  • California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Not classified
    $11,800
  • California Credit Union League PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • California Dental Association PAC
    3 contributions · committee · Health care
    $11,800
  • California New Car Dealers Association Pac
    2 contributions · committee · Transportation
    $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
    Spent $1,123,042 · cash at end $0 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
    Spent $29,135 · cash at end $1,123,042 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
    Spent $63,330 · cash at end $1,153,685 Statement ↗
    $70,300 received
  • Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024
    Spent $10,219 · cash at end $1,154,832 Statement ↗
    $70,900 received
Committee record ↗

Phillip Chen for Assembly 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $51,825 · cash at end $1,921,489 Statement ↗
    $140,995 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $62,387 · cash at end $1,837,991 Statement ↗
    $113,160 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $14,292 · cash at end $1,822,205 Statement ↗
    $49,440 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $93,644 · cash at end $1,812,709 Statement ↗
    $275,212 received
Committee record ↗

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.

Methodology
Disclosures

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

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