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Diane Papan

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 21 (June 2) “California State Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 21 (November 3) “California State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 21 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 10% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Transportation · Utilities and Energy · Water, Parks and Wildlife · Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials · Insurance

Bills they lead: 42 (19 became law) — AB 1250, AB 1650, AB 1931, AB 2111, AB 2234, AB 2296, AB 2380, AB 2469, AB 2595, AB 2619, AB 280, AB 411 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign) and 8 more
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		Aye
2026-08-30		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($4,400 campaign) and 5 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-12		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000 behested); CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB ($6,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); ARTICHOKE JOE'S, INC. ($2,767 campaign) and 1 more
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-08		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000 behested); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
SB 675
Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.		Aye
2026-08-25		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400 campaign)
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Not voting
2026-01-26		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000 behested); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA ($447 campaign)
SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.		Aye
2025-09-08		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($5,000 campaign); HEIRLOOM CARBON TECHNOLOGIES ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1405
Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.		Aye
2026-08-30		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); KPMG LLP ($3,000 campaign)
AB 527
California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: geothermal field development projects: enhanced geothermal system wells.		Aye
2025-09-10		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($5,000 campaign)
AB 342
Alcoholic beverages: hours of sale: hospitality zones.		Aye
2025-06-03		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-06-30		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000 behested); TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA ($447 campaign)
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		Aye
2026-08-31		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,500 campaign)
SB 259
Elections: vote by mail ballots.		Aye
2026-08-28		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,500 campaign)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Not voting
2025-05-19		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign)
SB 61
Private works of improvement: retention payments.		Aye
2025-06-23		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign)
SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.		Aye
2026-08-06		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign)
SB 420
Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.		Aye
2026-08-25		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts); CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES ($46 gifts)
AB 412
Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.		Aye
2025-05-12		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 853
California AI Transparency Act.		Aye
2025-09-12		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1043
Age verification signals: software applications and online services.		Aye
2025-09-13		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1064
Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.		Aye
2025-09-11		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
SB 243
Companion chatbots.		Aye
2025-09-10		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1856
Age verification signals: software applications.		Aye
2026-08-27		ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1246
Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.		Aye
2025-09-13		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400 campaign); E & J GALLO WINERY ($3,000 campaign)
SB 667
Railroads: safety: report.		Aye
2026-08-24		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400 campaign); BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1903
Construction defects.		Aye
2026-05-26		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY ($1,200 campaign)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Aye
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB ($6,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign); UNITED AIRLINES ($2,000 campaign); ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY ($1,200 campaign) and 1 more
AB 697
Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.		Aye
2025-06-03		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA ($447 campaign)
AB 825
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization.		Aye
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 1460
Prescription drug pricing.		Not voting
2025-05-19		GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($4,400 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($3,000 campaign); NOVARTIS SERVICES, INC ($1,500 campaign); SANOFI US SERVICES INC. ($1,500 campaign) and 3 more

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-022 businesses & trusts, 2 travel
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-02-246 investments, 7 businesses & trusts, 17 gifts, 15 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-036 investments, 8 businesses & trusts, 32 gifts, 9 travel

Findings

Context Behested payments

Of $46,055 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($15,000) is a registered lobbyist employer

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000 to ALLEN PRESCHOOL, Hoover Community School; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

38 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 330 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $117,842 to their campaign, $207 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $15,000 in payments at their request. Largest: BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,000); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($11,500); ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($10,400); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($7,900); CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB ($6,000). They voted aye on 307 of the 330.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $9,402.78 in travel paid by others (15 payments)

Largest: Portugal ($3,129.89, ideateLABs), Napa, CA ($1,289.35, CA Retailers Association), Carmel, CA ($1,068.57, League of California Community Foundation). 15 of 15 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: ideateLABs $3,130 p.10Travel: CA Retailers Association $1,289 p.11Travel: League of California Community Foundation $1,069 p.9

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $5,058.62 in travel paid by others (9 payments)

Largest: La Jolla, CA ($1,197.94, CA Issues Forum), Carmel Valley, CA ($889.67, League of CA Community Foundation), Mount Shasta, CA ($751.08, CA Forest Foundation). 9 of 9 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: CA Issues Forum $1,198 p.11Travel: League of CA Community Foundation $890 p.13Travel: CA Forest Foundation $751 p.12

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Behested payments

What Diane Papan reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $46,055 in 12 payments to 12 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: ALLEN PRESCHOOL $5,000 · AD 21 Women's Power Breakfast $5,000 · Hoover Community School $5,000 · Ravenswood Education Foundation $5,000 · AD 21 Women's Power Breakfast - 2026 $4,437

Paid byTo, forAmount
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
LAKESIDE · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		ALLEN PRESCHOOL · EDUCATION GRANT
Charitable · 2024-09-10		$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		AD 21 Women's Power Breakfast · Women's History Month Breakfast
Legislative · 2025-03-19		$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Hoover Community School · Barona Education Grant for California public school to purchase bilingual English-Spanish picture books, Level Readers Kinder-5th grade, and…
Charitable · 2025-08-29		$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Ravenswood Education Foundation · Purchase of books for Ravenswood City School District Libraries.
Charitable · 2026-09-15		$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		AD 21 Women's Power Breakfast - 2026 · Women's History Month Breakfast
Legislative · 2026-05-21		$4,437
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Woman of the Year Event · Woman of the Year District Event
Legislative · 2024-03-19		$3,618
WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP
Sacramento		Fatima Sanchez · SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP
Sacramento		Princess Palacios · SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Samya Norris · Scholarship awarded to California Student
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Jiangyi Zou · Scholarship awarded to California Student
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Revee Reboredo · Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Reese Silva · Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-08-04		$3,000

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Diane Papan since 2024: $207 across 3 items from 3 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS COUNCIL
$97 in all		Dinner at Camden Spit & Larder · 2024-04-10 · report$97.31
GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP
$63 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGES at CHEF ZENTI PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE & CATERING · 2026-04-28 · report$63.44
CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES
$46 in all		FOOD AND DRINK AT RECEPTION at CITIZEN HOTEL · 2025-03-25 · report$46.22

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 21

$1,247,614itemized, 274 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $43,400 in 13 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

California Apartment Association PAC $5,900 2026-09-29 · California State Council of Laborers PAC $5,900 2026-10-07 · California Water Service Company $5,900 2026-10-08 · David B Bohannon and Affiliated Entities $5,900 2026-09-22 · California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC) $3,800 2026-10-07 · NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC(Pedro Villegas) $3,000 2026-09-28 · CA Seed Association PAC $2,500 2026-10-08 · Novo Nordisk Inc. $2,500 2026-09-30 · Amazon.com Services LLC(Andrea Fava) $2,000 2026-10-06 · United Parcel Service Inc. PAC (UPSPAC) (Fed PAC ID C00064766) $2,000 2026-09-30

Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $627,210 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $969,732

Other (described)$775,446
Consultants$63,500
Contributions to others$55,591
Legal and accounting$23,467
Meetings and appearances$15,062
Filing and ballot fees$11,066
Internet and email$9,691
Civic donations$6,121
Fundraising events$3,928
Office expenses$3,674

Largest payees: Papan for Assembly 2026 $621,146 Office expenses · Barclays $93,232 Meetings and appearances · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $66,468 Fundraising events · Citi Cards $54,273 Other (described) · California Democratic Party $49,000 Contributions to others · River City Business Services $19,785 Legal and accounting · San Mateo County Registration & Elections Division $11,066 Filing and ballot fees · Dan Latini $10,300 Office expenses

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Papan for Assembly 2024
Sacramento		Committee$621,145.81
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$12,500
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
California Teachers Association/Association For Better Citizenship
Burlingame		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Edison International and Affiliated Entities
Rosemead		Business/other$11,800
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
California State Association of Electrical Workers
San Francisco		Small contributor cmte$11,500
Hawaiian Gardens Casino and Aggregated Contributions
Hawaiian Gardens		Business/other$10,500
Anheuser Busch Companies
Saint Louis		Business/other$10,400
California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC)
Sacramento		Committee$8,000
Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media LLC(John Mannion)
Philadelphia		Business/other$7,900
Entertainment Software Association
Washington		Business/other$7,900
Jesse Gabriel for Attorney General 2026
Los Angeles		Committee$7,500
California Credit Union League PAC
Sacramento		Committee$7,400

Committees: Papan for Assembly 2026, Economic Opportunity for All - Assemblymember Papan Ballot Measure Committee, Papan for Assembly 2022, Papan for Assembly 2024, Papan for Assembly 2024. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$12,50026
Edison International and Affiliated Entities
Business · Rosemead		$11,80025
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$11,80018
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80051
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
Labor union · Burlingame		$11,80043
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80015
California State Association of Electrical Workers
Labor union · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer		$11,50030
Hawaiian Gardens Casino and Aggregated Contributions
Business · Hawaiian Gardens		$10,5006
Anheuser Busch Companies
Business · Saint Louis · registered lobbyist employer		$10,40081
California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC)
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,00082
Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media LLC(John Mannion)
Business · Philadelphia		$7,90011
Entertainment Software Association
Group or PAC · Washington · registered lobbyist employer		$7,90050
Jesse Gabriel for Attorney General 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Los Angeles		$7,50014
California Credit Union League PAC
Group or PAC · Ontario		$7,40086
Reed Hastings
Retired, Netflix · Santa Cruz		$7,00071