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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019

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
House Bill	4020	An Act establishing a restaurant promotion commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	859	An Act to improve plastic bottles and their recycling	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	274	An Act relative to retail transactions	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4028	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2410	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Department of Revenue (Executive Office for Administration and Finance)	830 CMR 64H.1.9: Remote Retailers and Marketplace Facilitators	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	796	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3828	An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	497	Resolve to protect pollinator habitat	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Department of Revenue (Executive Office for Administration and Finance)	830 CMR 64H.1.8 Sales Tax Holiday	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	886	An Act relative to disposable food service wares	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	519	An Act for a competitive economy through safer alternatives to toxic chemicals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	463	An Act protecting pollinators by eliminating harmful products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	274	An Act relative to retail transactions	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	120	An Act relative to consumer data privacy	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1495	An Act prohibiting the sale of dextromethorphan to minors	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	240	An Act relative to partial payments	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1902	An Act regulating flavored tobacco products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1942	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$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	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	843	An Act relative to helium balloons	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	797	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	818	An Act to protect pollinator habitat	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4067	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2019 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	763	An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)	458 CMR 2: Department of Family and Medical Leave	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	745	An Act reducing paper and packaging waste in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Department of Revenue (Executive Office for Administration and Finance)	TIR 19-10 Sales of Meals Excluded from the Annual Sales Tax Holiday Weekend	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	776	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	800	An Act banning the retail sale of cats and dogs in pet shops	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	37	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1900	An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3548	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	231	An Act relative to part	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3778	An Act relative to the sale of flavored vaping products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2410	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$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
07/24/2019	Theodore Speliotis	State Representative--12th Essex	$200.00
10/10/2019	Ann-Margaret Ferrante	State Representative--5th Essex	$200.00
10/16/2019	Tom Walsh	State Representative--12th Essex	$100.00
10/29/2019	Michael Rodrigues	State Senator--1st Bristol & Plymouth	$200.00
11/19/2019	Joan Lovely	State Senator--2nd Essex	$200.00
		Total contributions	$900.00

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