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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2018

Authorizing Officer name	Martha M Walz
Title	Principal
Business name	Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.
Address	45 West Third Street Suite 408
City, state, zip code	South Boston, MA 02127
Country	US
Phone	617-315-7006

Compensation/Salaries Paid

No salary expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Martha M Walz

Client: BUILD Boston

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	4	FY19 budget	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4400	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Martha M Walz

Client: Massachusetts Society of Patholgists

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	603	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	522	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2188	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2164	An Act to ban hospital facility fees and surprise billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Martha M Walz

Client: College of American Pathologists

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	522	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2188	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2164	An Act to ban hospital facility fees and surprise billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	603	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Martha M Walz

Client: Education Reform Now Advocacy

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	245	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	323	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2871	An Act relative to effective resource allocation in schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	308	An Act strengthening and investing in our educators, students, and communities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2876	An Act relative to charter school enrollment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	247	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	213	An Act relative to school transportation parity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	309	An Act relative to maintaining school funding	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	266	An Act to accelerate student success through expanded learning time	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	293	An Act relative to Massachusetts high school diplomas	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	298	An Act relative to local approval for charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2027	An Act relative to student achievement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	236	An Act relative to education finance reform	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2062	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2865	An Act to promote collaboration in Horace Mann and innovation schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	279	An Act relative to Innovation Partnership Zones	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	267	An Act relative to student assessment data	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	255	An Act relative to the common core opt out for school districts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	304	An Act to promote autonomy and success in schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	231	An Act to promote education opportunity for english language learners and students with special needs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	311	An Act establishing a special commission relative to reimbursements of school busing costs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	272	An Act relative to the school turnaround process	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2011	An Act relative to charter school admissions	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	308	An Act to improve student retention in charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2026	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2844	An Act to place a moratorium on high stakes testing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	281	An Act to strengthen charter school data reporting	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2066	An Act relative to education standards	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2841	An Act relative to the Foundation Budget Review Commission	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	241	An Act concerning charter school funding	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	316	An Act relative to school transportation parity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	270	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	260	An Act to eliminate the use of the MCAS for high school graduation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	282	An Act to strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	233	An Act to promote collaboration at Level 4/5 Schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	284	An Act to implement the recommendations of the Chapter 70 foundation budget review commission	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	241	An Act establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2065	An Act to ensure charter school transparency and public accountability	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2870	An Act relative to the school choice program	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	259	An Act to regulate school enrollment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	314	An Act ensuring charter school integrity	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2875	An Act establishing an educational mandate task force	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	281	An Act relative to Massachusetts high school diplomas	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2048	An Act relative to charter school facilities costs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	236	An Act promoting school services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	FY19 budget	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	234	An Act relative to student impact rating	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	274	An Act relative to charter school renewal	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	283	An Act for the end of Common Core, and establishing certain other curriculum standards	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	223	An Act modernizing the foundation budget for the 21st century	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	226	An Act supporting the local determination of educational competency and multiple forms of academic assessment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	272	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	290	An Act to ensure and maintain high education standards for Massachusetts children	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	321	An Act regarding school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.

Client: BUILD Boston

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $3,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4400	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	FY19 budget	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.

Client: Massachusetts Society of Patholgists

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $4,166.65

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2188	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	603	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	522	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2164	An Act to ban hospital facility fees and surprise billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.

Client: College of American Pathologists

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $7,500.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2164	An Act to ban hospital facility fees and surprise billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	603	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2188	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	522	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.

Client: Education Reform Now Advocacy

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $38,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	234	An Act relative to student impact rating	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	274	An Act relative to charter school renewal	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	283	An Act for the end of Common Core, and establishing certain other curriculum standards	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	223	An Act modernizing the foundation budget for the 21st century	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	241	An Act concerning charter school funding	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	316	An Act relative to school transportation parity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	270	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	241	An Act establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2065	An Act to ensure charter school transparency and public accountability	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2870	An Act relative to the school choice program	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	231	An Act to promote education opportunity for english language learners and students with special needs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	311	An Act establishing a special commission relative to reimbursements of school busing costs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	272	An Act relative to the school turnaround process	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	279	An Act relative to Innovation Partnership Zones	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	267	An Act relative to student assessment data	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	255	An Act relative to the common core opt out for school districts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	304	An Act to promote autonomy and success in schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	260	An Act to eliminate the use of the MCAS for high school graduation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	282	An Act to strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	233	An Act to promote collaboration at Level 4/5 Schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	284	An Act to implement the recommendations of the Chapter 70 foundation budget review commission	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	245	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	323	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2871	An Act relative to effective resource allocation in schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	236	An Act relative to education finance reform	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2062	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2865	An Act to promote collaboration in Horace Mann and innovation schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	308	An Act strengthening and investing in our educators, students, and communities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2876	An Act relative to charter school enrollment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	247	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	259	An Act to regulate school enrollment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	314	An Act ensuring charter school integrity	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2875	An Act establishing an educational mandate task force	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2011	An Act relative to charter school admissions	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	308	An Act to improve student retention in charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2026	An Act relative to school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	226	An Act supporting the local determination of educational competency and multiple forms of academic assessment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	272	An Act relative to charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	290	An Act to ensure and maintain high education standards for Massachusetts children	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	321	An Act regarding school choice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2844	An Act to place a moratorium on high stakes testing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	281	An Act to strengthen charter school data reporting	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2066	An Act relative to education standards	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2841	An Act relative to the Foundation Budget Review Commission	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	213	An Act relative to school transportation parity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	309	An Act relative to maintaining school funding	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	266	An Act to accelerate student success through expanded learning time	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	293	An Act relative to Massachusetts high school diplomas	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	298	An Act relative to local approval for charter schools	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2027	An Act relative to student achievement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	281	An Act relative to Massachusetts high school diplomas	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2048	An Act relative to charter school facilities costs	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	236	An Act promoting school services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	FY19 Budget	Neutral	$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	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
02/15/2018	Martha M Walz	Ronald Mariano	State Representative	$100.00
05/24/2018	Martha M Walz	Nicholas Carter	Governors Council, 3rd District	$100.00
06/19/2018	Martha M Walz	Alice Peisch	State Representative	$100.00
06/24/2018	Martha M Walz	Byron Rushing	State Representative	$200.00
			Total contributions	$500.00

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