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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019

Lobbyist name	Jon B Hurst
Business name	Retailers Association of Massachusetts
Address	18 Tremont St. Suite 810
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-523-1900

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Retailers Association of Massachusetts

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $36,538.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	518	An Act relative to information technology producer responsibility	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2454	An Act relative to the taxation of electronic smoking devices, cigars and smoking tobacco	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1633	An Act to minimize youth vaping and support addiction prevention services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1061	An Act relative to unemployment insurance	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)	Draft Regulation CMR xx.00 Department of Family and Medical Leave	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2654	An Act to minimize youth vaping and support addiction prevention services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1612	An Act creating a youth wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1074	An Act relative to the pooling of tips	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	286	An Act regulating secondary metals dealings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1073	An Act further regulating Sunday overtime wages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1665	An Act to clarify the tips law	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Small Business Health Insurance Premiums, Rating Factors	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3800	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1619	An Act relative to the pooling of tips	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1762	An Act relative to the marketplace collection of sales tax	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF)	970 CMR 1.22: Definition of "Political Committee" and Identification of Funding Sources	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1637	An Act relative to minor minimum wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	852	An Act relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1593	An Act relative to time and a half wages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1081	An Act ensuring that employees of companies that receive large tax breaks are paid a prevailing wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1773	An Act to protect pets in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1661	An Act relative to job creation through employee ownership	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1102	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3800	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1609	An Act updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1092	An Act updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3399	An Act relative to felony threshold for multiple theft offenses	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	74	An Act making appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1692	An Act relative to fast food employee holiday pay	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1110	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	113	An Act regulating secondary metals dealings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1664	An Act regarding treble damages	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1647	An Act relative to repealing the employer medical assistance contribution tax	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1942	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1204	An Act relating to the remedy for the sale of sick puppies and kittens	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	88	An Act relative to encouraging the growth of small businesses	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1594	An Act exempting human services nonprofits from EMAC	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1082	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3279	An Act relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	771	An Act reducing plastic bag pollution	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1823	An Act relating to the remedy for the sale of sick puppies and kittens	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1111	An Act to restore workers' rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	86	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2235	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2485	An Act to direct tobacco tax revenues to reduce tobacco use and its harms	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	182	An Act allowing retail stores and shops to open on Thanksgiving Day	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1070	An Act encouraging teen employment	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	462	An Act reducing plastic bag pollution	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2436	An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1606	An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1060	An Act relative to unemployment insurance benefits for replacement workers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1617	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1098	An Act establishing EMAC exemption for human services nonprofits	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3547	An Act relative to encouraging the growth of small businesses	Support	$0.00	N/A
			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	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/08/2019	Retailers Association of Massachusetts Political Action Committee	PAC	$200.00
02/28/2019	Maura Healey Committee	Attorney General	$200.00
03/19/2019	Harriett Chandler Committee	State Senator	$200.00
04/03/2019	Bill Straus Committee	State Representative	$100.00
05/14/2019	Michael Moore Committee	State Senator	$200.00
05/14/2019	Jason Lewis Committee	State Senator	$100.00
05/21/2019	Craig Cashman Committee	Boston City Council	$50.00
05/22/2019	Paul Tucker Committee	State Representative	$100.00
06/05/2019	Paul McMurtry Committee	State Representative	$100.00
06/24/2019	Paul Brodeur Committee	Mayor of Melrose	$100.00
06/24/2019	Committee for a Democratic House	PAC	$200.00
06/26/2019	Robert DeLeo Committee	State Representative	$200.00
06/27/2019	Committee for a Democratic Senate	PAC	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,950.00

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