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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2020

Authorizing Officer name	EDWARD JAMES SMITH
Title	Owner
Business name	Law Office of Edward J Smith
Address	350 GREENE ST
City, state, zip code	North Andover, MA 01845
Country	USA
Phone	978-590-5308

Client Compensation

Name	Amount
The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc.	$33,000.00
Theatre Owners of New England	$5,000.00
Total salaries received	$38,000.00

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Edward James Smith	$37,679.00
Total salaries paid	$37,679.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

No activities, bill numbers or bill titles were disclosed for this reporting period.

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
06/30/2020	Verizon	Internet fees	$45.00
06/30/2020	Verizon Wireless	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$276.00
06/30/2020	Verizon	Internet fees	$45.00
06/30/2020	Verizon Wireless	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$276.00
		Total operating expenses	$642.00

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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Lobbyist: Edward James Smith

Client: The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	10	An Act providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure investments in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	803	An Act relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	4615	Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	3889	An Act enabling a local option for a tax on vacant units in large residential buildings	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2	section 42 of H.2	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2425	An Act addressing international real estate speculation	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1015	An Act to expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	892	An Act to clarify the rights of joint owners of real property and abolish certain inconsistent or archaic rules	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	4516	An Act authorizing a local affordable housing surcharge	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2779	An Act relating to access to public records	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	877	An Act making technical changes to the laws regulating a certain notarial act	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	4514	An Act authorizing the city of Boston to fund affordable housing through a fee on certain real estate transfers	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2569	An Act relative to condominiums	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1829	An Act relative to the maintenance of private roads, beaches and amenities in municipalities	Neutral	$0.00	None
House Bill	1256	An Act to guarantee tenant’s right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3507	An Act to promote housing choices	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	3889	An Act enabling a local option for a tax on vacant units in large residential buildings	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2	section 42 of H.2	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2066	An Act relative to the maintenance of private ways, bridges and common amenities in municipalities	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	801	An Act relative to tenants’ opportunity to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3293	An Act modernizing notary services	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	884	An Act to clarify homestead estates	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	2563	An Act authorizing a local affordable housing surcharge	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2778	An Act relative to the technology fund	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	1413	An Act to increase transparency in the Massachusetts land record systems to protect the property rights of homeowners and businesses	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1260	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3924	An Act enabling local options for tenant protections	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1575	An Act making technical changes to the laws regulating certain notarial acts	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	1315	An Act to preserve affordable housing through a local option tenant's right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3261	An Act relative to anti-litigation provisions in condominium documents	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	773	An Act supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	893	An Act to provide landowners title protection	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	921	An Act to reform title insurance	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1303	An Act relative to guaranteeing the tenant's right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1316	An Act relative to the stabilization of rents in towns and cities facing distress in the housing market	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2552	An Act establishing local options for generating affordable housing monies	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2645	An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	773	An Act supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	893	An Act to provide landowners title protection	Neutral	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	877	An Act making technical changes to the laws regulating a certain notarial act	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	4514	An Act authorizing the city of Boston to fund affordable housing through a fee on certain real estate transfers	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2569	An Act relative to condominiums	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2457	An Act empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1871	An Act establishing a commission on electronic notarization	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	1574	An Act to clarify the rights of joint owners of real property and abolish certain inconsistent or archaic rules	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	786	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3260	An Act relative to construction defect claims by condominium owners	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	1769	An Act supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	931	An Act preventing unnecessary vacancies in foreclosed homes	Neutral	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	884	An Act to clarify homestead estates	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	2563	An Act authorizing a local affordable housing surcharge	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2778	An Act relative to the technology fund	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2552	An Act establishing local options for generating affordable housing monies	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2645	An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	1575	An Act making technical changes to the laws regulating certain notarial acts	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	1315	An Act to preserve affordable housing through a local option tenant's right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3261	An Act relative to anti-litigation provisions in condominium documents	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2066	An Act relative to the maintenance of private ways, bridges and common amenities in municipalities	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	801	An Act relative to tenants’ opportunity to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3293	An Act modernizing notary services	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1769	An Act supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	931	An Act preventing unnecessary vacancies in foreclosed homes	Neutral	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	892	An Act to clarify the rights of joint owners of real property and abolish certain inconsistent or archaic rules	Support	$0.00	None
House Bill	4516	An Act authorizing a local affordable housing surcharge	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2779	An Act relating to access to public records	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	921	An Act to reform title insurance	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1303	An Act relative to guaranteeing the tenant's right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1316	An Act relative to the stabilization of rents in towns and cities facing distress in the housing market	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1829	An Act relative to the maintenance of private roads, beaches and amenities in municipalities	Neutral	$0.00	None
House Bill	1256	An Act to guarantee tenant’s right to purchase	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3507	An Act to promote housing choices	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	2425	An Act addressing international real estate speculation	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1015	An Act to expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court	Support	$0.00	none
House Bill	1413	An Act to increase transparency in the Massachusetts land record systems to protect the property rights of homeowners and businesses	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	1260	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3924	An Act enabling local options for tenant protections	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2457	An Act empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1871	An Act establishing a commission on electronic notarization	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	1574	An Act to clarify the rights of joint owners of real property and abolish certain inconsistent or archaic rules	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	786	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3260	An Act relative to construction defect claims by condominium owners	Support	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	10	An Act providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure investments in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	803	An Act relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing	Neutral	$0.00	none
House Bill	4615	Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures	Neutral	$0.00	none
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Edward James Smith

Client: Theatre Owners of New England

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	743	An Act to reduce packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	753	An Act relative to public space recycling	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	753	An Act relative to public space recycling	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1709	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2529	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1709	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2450	An Act to reduce disposable plastic straw waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	2450	An Act to reduce disposable plastic straw waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3809	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	439	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	470	An Act relative to public space recycling	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	886	An Act relative to disposable food service wares	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2830	An Act improving recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2830	An Act improving recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2529	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	470	An Act relative to public space recycling	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2859	An Act improving recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	2859	An Act improving recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	none
Executive	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Advocacy in regard to reopening of movie theatres	Support	$0.00	None
Senate Bill	1102	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	439	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1102	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1110	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	743	An Act to reduce packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	3809	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	none
House Bill	886	An Act relative to disposable food service wares	Oppose	$0.00	none
Senate Bill	1110	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	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
02/26/2020	Edward James Smith	John Velis	Senate	$100.00
02/26/2020	Edward James Smith	John Velis	Senate	$100.00
03/23/2020	Edward James Smith	Claire Cronin	House	$200.00
03/23/2020	Edward James Smith	Claire Cronin	House	$200.00
05/27/2020	Edward James Smith	Kevin Honan	House	$200.00
05/27/2020	Edward James Smith	Kevin Honan	House	$200.00
06/11/2020	Edward James Smith	Committee for a Democratic House	House	$200.00
06/11/2020	Edward James Smith	Committee for a Democratic House	House	$200.00
			Total contributions	$1,400.00

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