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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2021 - 06/30/2021

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: $38,014.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2480	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	998	An Act restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2331	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1195	An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a State of Emergency declaration	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Revenue (DOR)	TIR 21-4: Tax Provisions in the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1651	An Act relative to pet adoption safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2391	An Act to prohibit the use of polystyrene foam food containers	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
Senate Bill	1516	An Act prohibiting the sale of dextromethorphan to minors	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	989	An Act to restrict, reduce, and minimize the use and distribution of single-use plastic straws in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2047	An Act relative to unemployment insurance benefits for replacement workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1183	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #58: Required Return to Phase III, Step 1 Re-opening for All Massachusetts Communities	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	37	An Act modernizing Lottery payment options	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1670	An Act changing the legal status of pets from personal property to companion animals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	170	An Act regulating secondary metals dealings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1214	An Act to increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2353	An Act prohibiting the sale of dextromethorphan to minors	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	871	An Act to reduce packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2016	An Act for unemployment rules for gig economy	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	525	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #68; Order Reopening Certain Phase IV, Step 2 Enterprises	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	36	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1669	An Act relative to establishing an animal abuse registry	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	1202	An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1824	An Act to protect animals from convicted animal abusers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	870	An Act to support restaurants and reduce single-use plastics in the environment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1986	An Act creating a presumption of relatedness for workers suffering from COVID-19	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	503	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1525	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2022 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	1652	An Act relative to pet adoption safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3843	An Act relative to dignity at work	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1201	An Act relative to emergency unemployment insurance for gig economy workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	902	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2017	An Act relative to paid family leave coverage for quarantine	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	569	An Act establishing a mattress stewardship plan	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #66: Order Advancing All Communities to Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Re-opening Pan and Transitioning to a Travel Advisory Policy	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2452	An Act to temporarily extend certain measures adopted in the state of emergency	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	992	An Act reducing plastic bag pollution	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2263	An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene	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	1656	An Act to protect animals from convicted animal abusers	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	1983	An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	494	An Act to combat disposable plastic straw waste	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1370	An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	316	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1961	An Act relative to emergency paid sick time	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	181	An Act modernizing lottery payment options	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1222	An Act relative to emergency paid sick time	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	89	An Act financing a program for improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and providing relief to employers and workers in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	317	An Act modernizing Lottery payment options	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1965	An Act relative to the prevention of unemployment fraud	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	203	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1231	An Act relative to unemployment insurance benefits for replacement workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	938	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2019	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	579	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #65: Order Advancing all Communities to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	151	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	979	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2033	An Act to Increase Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Low Wage Workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1131	An Act promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #63: Further Revised Order Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1111	An Act relative to the ownership of pets by convicted animal abusers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	988	An Act to establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2042	An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a declaration of a state of emergency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1154	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Office of the Governor	COVID-19 Order #62: Order Further Extending Application of Additional Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules and Rescinding Early Closing Requirements	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	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/27/2021	Retailers Association of MA Political Action Committee	Political Action Committee	$200.00
03/16/2021	Michael Rodrigues	State Senator--1st Bristol & Plymouth	$200.00
05/04/2021	John Barros	Mayor of Boston	$200.00
06/24/2021	Jerald Parisella	State Representative--6th Essex	$200.00
		Total contributions	$800.00

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