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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2016

Authorizing Officer name	Thomas M Joyce
Title	President
Business name	Joyce & Joyce
Address	45 Bowdoin St.
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02114
Country	US
Phone	617-742-2420

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Thomas M Joyce	$275,000.00
Total salaries paid	$275,000.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Staples 173.00, Apple 310.00	Computer equipment, supplies	$383.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Comcast	Internet fees	$1,526.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	USPS	Postage, shipping, delivery	$305.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Costco	Office supplies, equipment	$540.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	David Miller, Esq.	Rent	$6,600.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	State House News Service	Professional subscriptions	$1,586.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	AT&T	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$780.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	State Net (Legislation tracking)	Other operating expenses	$1,500.00
		Total operating expenses	$13,220.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Co-operative Central Bank

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4201	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2305	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Franciscan Hospital for Children

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $45,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2305	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4201	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $18,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	912	Act relative to certain loans by the federal home loan bank	Support	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Entergy

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $60,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1898	Act relative to increasing nuclear power plant protections to twenty miles	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4201	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the fiscal 2017 budget	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1899	Act relative to amending 5K(E) of Ch 11	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2025	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the supplemental budget	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2305	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the fiscal 2017 budget	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3773	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the supplemental budget	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2030	Act relative to radiological air monitoring	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4385	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the energy diversity bill	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2372	Certain nuclear decommissioning amendments to the proposed energy diversity bill	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1997	Act establishing a fee on nuclear fuel	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2127	Act relative to emergency planning	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2058	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the solar energy bill	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2031	Act relative to increasing nuclear power plant protections to 50 miles	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3854	Certain proposed nuclear amendments to the solar energy bill	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2020	Act relative to public education zones near nuclear power plants	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1798	Act relative to funding for post closure activities at nuclear power stations	Oppose	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $15,375.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1962	Act relative to creating a secure vital records trust fund	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2794	Act relative to restricted vital records	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	587	Act relative to the use of electronic poll books	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	3232	Act relative to the use of electronic poll books	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	584	Act relative to changing unenrolled voter to undeclared	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4397	Act relative to modernizing municipal finance and government	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2410	Act relative to municipal finance and government	Support	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: AT&T

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $36,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2305	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4461	Act relative to economic development	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2867	Act relative to modernizing communications policy for voice	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1456	Act relative to eliminating telecommunications tax exemptions	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4201	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: National Grid

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $72,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4388	Act relative to authorizing DCAM to grant an easement to the New England Power Company	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4385	Act to promote energy diversity	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	3868	Act authorizing the town of Framingham to assess fines for failure to relocate or remove certain poles	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2372	Act to promote energy diversity	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2287	Act ensuring the safety of residents, first responders and gas workers	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	717	Act relative to the use of glyphosate by utility companies	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3906	Certain proposed amendments to an Act to modernize municipal finance and government	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2058	Act relative to providing for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1768	Act relative to protect consumers from leaked and unaccounted for gas	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3854	Act relative to providing for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1778	Act relative to utility data transparency	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2849	Act relative to utility data transparency and access	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4331	Certain amendments proposed to an Act to modernize municipal finance and government	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2305	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1767	Act requiring gas leak repairs during certain road projects	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1695	Act relative to energy sector compliance with the global warming solutions act	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4201	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	3054	Act relative to the move over law	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	3886	Act authorizing the town of Natick to assess fines for failure to relocate or remove certain poles	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1779	Act relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts	Oppose	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Thomas M Joyce

Client: Massachusetts Bankers Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $45,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4450	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	182	Act relative to credit and debit cards	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2132	Act relative to increasing penalties for bank robbery and check fraud	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4385	Act relative to energy diversity	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	866	Act relative to public funds	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	546	Act amending the banking laws	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	823	Act making changes to references in banking laws	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	545	Act relative to security of personal banking information	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	4397	Act relative to municipal finance and reform	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	1879	Act allowing municipalities to invest in credit unions	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2425	Act relative to the use of credit reports	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2396	Act clarifying municipal authority over cash sureties	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	921	Act enhancing fair competition among financial institutions	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	934	Act establishing a commission to study the creation of a Commonwealth bank	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	4461	Act relative to the economic development of the commonwealth	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2409	Act relative to family financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1296	Act protecting bank employees and customers	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2305	Act relative to making appropriations for the fiscal 2017 budget	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	526	Act relative to executive compensation for mutual companies	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3760	Act modernizing Commonwealth and municipal banking laws	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2372	Act relative to energy diversity	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	507	Act relative to safety of automated teller machines	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	866	Act allowing credit unions to receive public deposits	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	509	Act to increase transparency of banks	Oppose	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
03/08/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Karen Spilka Committee	Senator Second Middlesex & Norfolk	$200.00
03/15/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Peter Kocot Committee	Representative First Hampshire	$200.00
03/21/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Stanley Rosenberg Committee	Senator Hampshire Franklin & Worcester	$200.00
03/24/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Robert DeLeo	Representative Nineteenth Suffolk	$200.00
03/25/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Dianne DiZoglio Committee	Representative Fourteenth Essex	$200.00
04/01/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Brian Dempsey Committee	Representative Third Essex	$200.00
04/13/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Jeffrey Sanchez Committee	Representative Fifteenth Suffolk	$200.00
04/13/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Suzanne Bump Committee	Auditor, Comm of Mass	$200.00
04/13/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Edward Coppinger Committee	Representative Tenth Suffolk	$200.00
04/14/2016	Thomas M Joyce	William Straus Committee	Representative Tenth Bristol	$200.00
04/18/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Jerry Parisella Committee	Representative Sixth Essex	$200.00
04/20/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Kate Hogan Committee	Representative Third Middlesex	$200.00
05/02/2016	Thomas M Joyce	John Mahoney Committee	Representative Thirteenth Worcester	$200.00
05/13/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Bradley Jones Committee	Representative Twentieth Middlesex	$200.00
05/16/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Ted Speliotis Committee	Representative Thirteenth Essex	$200.00
05/16/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Thomas Petrolati Committee	Representative Seventh Hampden	$200.00
05/24/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Lou Kafka Committee	Representative Eigth Norfolk	$200.00
05/26/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Mark Cusack Committee	Representative Fifth Norfolk	$200.00
05/31/2016	Thomas M Joyce	William Galvin Committee	Representative Sixth Norfolk	$200.00
06/03/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Committee to Elect a Democratic House	Representatives	$200.00
06/17/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Charles Baker Committee	Governor, Comm. of Mass.	$200.00
06/27/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Michael Bellotti Committee	Sheriff Norfolk	$200.00
06/29/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Michael Moran Committee	Representative Eighteenth Suffilk	$200.00
06/30/2016	Thomas M Joyce	Michael Brady Committee	Senator Second Plymouth & Bristol	$200.00
			Total contributions	$4,800.00

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