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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2021 - 12/31/2021

Lobbyist name	Ryan Kearney
Business name	Retailers Association of MA
Address	18 Tremont Street 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: $11,438.95

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1512	An Act relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1920	An Act relative to the advanced payment of sales tax	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1974	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	579	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2159	An Act relative to the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1811	An Act relative to felony threshold for multiple theft offenses	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2481	An Act upgrading hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1960	An Act updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	623	An Act prohibiting the sale of fur products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2215	An Act to create a deposit for glass wine and liquor bottles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1999	An Act relative to the definition of an independent contractor	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2564	An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2019	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1154	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2551	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1962	An Act creating a training wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2580	An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2026	An Act relative to nondiscrimination training in the workplace	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1183	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1907	An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural hairstyles	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	475	An Act relative to the wholesale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	164	An Act relative to surcharges on credit card sales transactions	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1938	An Act relative to time and a half wages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	230	An Act to ban the retail sale of cats and dogs in pet shops	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1914	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2001	An Act relative to independent contractors	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	306	An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3284	An Act relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act)	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1199	An Act further regulating Sunday overtime wages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2018	An Act relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3457	An Act relative to electric bicycles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	902	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3843	An Act relative to dignity at work	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1235	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Other	225 CMR 9.00 Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standard, Testing and Certification Program	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2004	An Act relative to commissioned employees	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	384	An Act banning the retail sale of cats and dogs in pet shops	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3289	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1200	An Act addressing workplace bullying, mobbing, and harassment, without regard to protected class status while promoting healthy workplaces	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2053	An Act relative to fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1994	An Act relative to minor minimum wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	142	An Act establishing the Massachusetts information privacy act	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2972	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1185	An Act to establish the Dignity At Work Act (DAWA)	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1991	An Act relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2962	An Act relative to the gradual elimination of the inventory tax	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	440	An Act relative to termination of sales to wholesalers by suppliers of alcoholic beverages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3332	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1213	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3713	An Act relative to credit card surcharges	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1964	An Act creating a youth wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Revenue (DOR)	830 CMR 62C.16B.1: Advance Payments of Sales and Use Tax and Room Occupancy Excise	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2058	An Act relative to an eight hour work day	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1183	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1975	An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	319	An Act relative to license caps	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4194	An Act upgrading hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	910	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4202	An Act relative to waivers for non-fault overpayments	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1236	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3457	An Act relative to electric bicycles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	869	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3345	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1225	An Act updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1180	An Act relative to fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	360	An Act relative to partial payment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4212	An Act transferring funds to the Unemployment Compensation Fund	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	965	An Act prohibiting the sale of fur products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4271	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1243	An Act to restore workers' rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	443	An Act repealing a ban on credit card surcharges	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4234	An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	982	An Act relative to helium balloons	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	46	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Information Privacy Act	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1813	An Act improving the fairness of our tax laws	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1234	An Act establishing portable benefit accounts for app-based drivers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	193	An Act relative to partial payments	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1971	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	525	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2149	An Act to expand the Bottle Bill	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
07/19/2021	Rep. Josh Cutler	House, 6th Plymouth	$200.00
07/27/2021	Rep. Michael Moran	House, 18th Suffolk	$200.00
10/01/2021	Rep. James Murphy	House, 4th Norfolk	$200.00
11/03/2021	Rep. Tackey Chan	House, 2nd Norfolk	$200.00
11/09/2021	Senator Joan Lovely	Senate, 2nd Essex	$200.00
11/17/2021	Rep. Thomas Golden	House, 16th Middlesex	$200.00
11/23/2021	Sen. Barry Finegold	Senate, 2nd Essex and Middlesex	$100.00
12/13/2021	Rep. Joe McGonagle	House, 28th Middlesex	$100.00
12/13/2021	Rep. David Muradian	House, 9th Worcester	$100.00
12/13/2021	Rep. Ann Margaret Ferrante	House, 5th Essex	$100.00
12/13/2021	Rep. Ron Mariano	House, 3rd Norfolk	$200.00
12/13/2021	Sen. Michael Moore	Senate, 2nd Worcester	$200.00
12/16/2021	House Victory Fund PAC	N/A	$200.00
12/21/2021	Attorney General Maura Healey	Massachusetts Attorney General	$200.00
		Total contributions	$2,400.00

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