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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00282038

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$48K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.3M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Sony Pictures Entertainment reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Insurance3 of 83/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 2 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 4 bills, this period

From the filings

“Discussions relating to industry production incentives. Discussions involving H.R. 9938, the SCREEN Act. Monitored PL 119-21 One Big Beautiful Bill Act; issues related to production tax incentives. Monitored discussions regarding international tax.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Discussions regarding judicial site blocking. Discussions involving copyright. Discussions involving artificial intelligence.”
Q3 2026 filing · Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate

The House and Senate appear in every quarter.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 21 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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