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Phillip D Chen

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 59 (June 2) “Assemblyman/Business Owner” · State Assembly Member District 59 (November 3) “Assemblyman/Business Owner”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 59 R · 4,006 floor votes this session, 25% not voting

Committees they vote in: Health · Utilities and Energy · Business and Professions · Labor and Employment · Insurance · Banking and Finance · Governmental Organization · Judiciary

Bills they lead: 41 (17 became law) — AB 1569, AB 1828, AB 2009, AB 2028, AB 2061, AB 2425, AB 2437, AB 2477, AB 460, AB 665, AB 711, AB 78 …

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.

Bill	Their vote	Employers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 1018 Automated decision systems.	No 2025-06-02	HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MERCK, SHARP & DOHME LLC ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign) and 8 more
AB 52 Farmer equity: advisory committees.	Not voting 2026-01-26	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign)
AB 1776 Cartwright Act: violations.	Not voting 2026-08-30	MERCK, SHARP & DOHME LLC ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); DAVITA INC. ($5,900 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($4,000 campaign) and 6 more
AB 221 Tribal Nation Grant Fund.	Aye 2025-09-08	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 831 Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.	Aye 2025-09-12	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE ($1,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 825 Consumers: financial protection.	No 2025-09-10	REVENUE BASED FINANCE COALITION ($10,000 campaign); Populus Financial Group ($6,900 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1485 Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.	Aye 2026-01-29	Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign)
AB 130 Housing.	Not voting 2025-06-30	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign)
AB 380 Price gouging.	Not voting 2025-06-04	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
SB 36 Price gouging: state of emergency.	No 2025-09-09	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
AB 1460 Prescription drug pricing.	No 2025-05-19	MERCK, SHARP & DOHME LLC ($5,900 campaign); GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($2,000 campaign); BAYER U.S. LLC ($1,500 campaign); NOVARTIS SERVICES, INC ($1,500 campaign) and 3 more
AB 1609 Customer service chatbots.	No 2026-08-31	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign)
AB 40 California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impact reports: coal handling, storage, and export.	Not voting 2026-08-28	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800 campaign)
AB 806 Mobilehomes: cooling systems.	Aye 2025-09-08	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 760 Income taxes: exclusions: 2026 Garden Grove chemical leak.	Aye 2026-08-31	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 391 Mobilehome parks: notices to homeowners and residents.	Aye 2025-09-03	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 456 Mobilehome parks: sales or transfers: prospective purchasers of mobilehomes.	Not voting 2025-06-05	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 239 State-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force.	Aye 2025-09-08	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 635 Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program: Attorney General.	No 2026-08-30	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 863 Residential rental properties: language requirements.	Not voting 2025-09-04	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 942 Electricity: climate credits.	Aye 2025-06-03	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 246 Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.	No 2025-09-10	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
SB 131 Public Resources.	No 2025-06-30	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800 campaign)
SB 525 California FAIR Plan: manufactured homes.	Aye 2025-09-08	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
SB 748 Encampment Resolution Funding program: safe parking sites: reporting.	Aye 2025-09-08	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
SB 610 Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.	No 2025-09-09	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
AB 768 Mobilehome parks: rent protections: local rent control.	Aye 2026-01-20	WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800 campaign)
SB 1008 California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: railroad grade crossing closure.	Aye 2026-08-13	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800 campaign)
SB 667 Railroads: safety: report.	Aye 2026-08-24	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800 campaign)
SB 1256 Subdivision Map Act: action or proceeding.	Aye 2026-08-30	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800 campaign)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2026-02-17	1 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 2 gifts, 1 travel
2024 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2025-02-27	1 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 4 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $393.26 in gifts to them in 2024 from 1 source this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $393.26 (candlelight ceremony).

What to check

Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
Whether it's on the statement under another name.
That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).

WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $393.26

2024-12-07 CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY $393.26 (of $1,668.73 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report

Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement

“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

47 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 385 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $183,700 to their campaign, $526 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800); BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ($11,800); WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION ($11,800); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800); REVENUE BASED FINANCE COALITION ($10,000). They voted aye on 230 of the 385.

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

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Phillip D Chen since 2024: $526 across 3 items from 3 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $393 in all	CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY · 2024-12-07 · report	$393.26
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $129 in all	FOOD / BEVERAGES at WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY · 2025-10-15 · report	$129.40
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY $4 in all	WATER TUMBLER at ALIBABA.COM · 2024-09-27 · report	$3.50

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 59

$2,374,469itemized, 408 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $26,300 in 9 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).

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 477 PAC $5,900 2026-10-03 · Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians $5,900 2026-09-30 · Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC $4,500 2026-09-29 · United Nurses Association of California/ Union of Health Care Professionals PAC $3,000 2026-10-06 · Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians $2,500 2026-09-22 · Shingle Springs Band Miwok Indians $2,000 2026-09-30 · Calpine Corporation $1,500 2026-10-06 · Steve Chiang $1,000 2026-09-28

Where their outside money comes from

11%30%27%26%

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

Plus $1,124,042 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,577,869

Other (described)$1,271,549

Consultants$94,541

Fundraising events$84,676

Contributions to others$56,400

Legal and accounting$39,284

Office expenses$16,536

Polling$10,200

Civic donations$2,843

Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$1,840

Largest payees: Phillip Chen for Assembly 2026 $1,146,542 Other (described) · Wendy Warfield & Associates $93,772 Office expenses · Discover $92,303 Other (described) · Disney Destinations, LLC $84,474 Fundraising events · Crummitt & Associates, Inc. $39,305 Legal and accounting · Ali Navid $22,628 Office expenses · California Talks $10,200 Polling · 1962 PAC of the Lincoln Club of Orange County $10,000 Contributions to others

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 contributors	Type	Total
Phillip Chen for Assembly 2024 Rancho Mirage	Committee	$1,124,042.30
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC Los Angeles	Small contributor cmte	$14,300
American Council of Engineering Companies PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs PAC Santa Ana	Committee	$11,800
BNSF Railway Company Fort Worth	Business/other	$11,800
Barona Band of Mission Indians Lakeside	Business/other	$11,800
CVS Health- Caremark RX, Inc. Woonsocket	Business/other	$11,800
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
California Credit Union League PAC Ontario	Committee	$11,800
California Dental Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
California New Car Dealers Association Pac Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
California Orthopaedic Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
California State Council of Laborers PAC Sacramaneto	Small contributor cmte	$11,800
Chino Valley Professional Firefifgters PAC Chino Hills	Committee	$11,800
Edison International and Affiliated Entities Rosemead	Business/other	$11,800

Committees: Phillip Chen for Assembly 2026, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2014, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2022, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2024, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2016, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2020, Phillip Chen for Assembly 2018, Phillip Chen for School Board 2019. 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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Laborers International Union of North America Laborers Local 652 Labor union · Santa Ana	$17,700	5
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$14,300	12
American Council of Engineering Companies PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	6
Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs PAC Labor union · Santa Ana	$11,800	40
Barona Band of Mission Indians Tribal government · Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer	$11,800	73
BNSF Railway Company Business · Fort Worth · registered lobbyist employer	$11,800	51
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	70
California Credit Union League PAC Group or PAC · Ontario	$11,800	86
California Dental Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	21
California New Car Dealers Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	106
California Orthopaedic Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	9
California State Council of Laborers PAC Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	48
Edison International and Affiliated Entities Business · Rosemead	$11,800	25
Fresenius Medical Care Business · Waltham	$11,800	75
IBEW PAC Educational Fund Labor union · Washington	$11,800	20