The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Lobbying Disclosure: Matson Navigation Company (Q1 2000)
Record date · June 20, 2026
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Does
This document discloses activities and payments made by Matson Navigation Company to the firm Read & Associates during the first quarter of 2000. It lists the specific legislative bills monitored or influenced by the lobbyist during this period.
This report identifies the financial investment made by a major shipping company to influence 23 specific pieces of state legislation between January and March 2000.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Matson Navigation Company Inc.
The company incurred costs to engage professional representation for legislative monitoring.
Read & Associates
The firm received payment to provide lobbying services for their client.
Key Facts
- Total lobbying payments for the period of 1/1/2000 to 3/31/2000 were $6,615.
- The lobbying firm Read & Associates represented Matson Navigation Company Inc.
- The lobbying activity focused on 12 Assembly Bills: AB 541, 576, 642, 647, 680, 1156, 1581, 1648, 2148, 2380, 2746, and 2749.
- The lobbying activity focused on 10 Senate Bills: SB 241, 1109, 1281, 1985, 1999, 2084, 2144, 2177, and SCR 53.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much did Matson Navigation pay for lobbying in early 2000?
Which bills were being lobbied?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceLobbying Activity
READ & ASSOCIATES AARON
on behalf of MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY INC.
READ & ASSOCIATES AARON
on behalf of MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY INC.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
High Volume of Monitored Legislation
A single lobbyist was tracking 23 distinct legislative items for one client in a single quarter, suggesting a broad legislative interest.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.sos.ca.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance30How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools