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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2025 - 06/30/2025

Lobbyist name	William Rennie
Business name	Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Inc.
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, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $24,081.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	940 C.M.R. 38.00: Unfair and deceptive fees	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3474	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1295	An Act relative to workforce training	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	195	An Act relative to toxic-free kids	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1405	An Act establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2130	An Act relative to independent contractors	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	33	An Act establishing the Comprehensive Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1376	An Act relative to unemployment insurance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2141	An Act relative to employee definition harmonization	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3995	An Act to protect workers from extreme temperatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1335	An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	571	An Act to reduce waste and recycling costs in the commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1287	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	37	An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2256	An Act to protect pets	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1906	An Act relative to felony threshold for multiple theft offenses	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2103	An Act protecting warehouse workers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	384	An Act relative to toxic free kids	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1310	An Act to protect injured workers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	543	An Act to reduce the unnecessary use of plastic straws	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	926	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	353	An Act relative to retail alcohol license caps	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	148	An Act to create efficiencies in the cannabis employment process	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2095	An Act to establish a vendors’ collection allowance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2180	An Act relative to consolidating multiple definitions of employee	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	886	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1337	An Act consolidating multiple definitions of employee to prevent misclassification	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	614	An Act to promote the future success of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	199	An Act warning consumers of the health risks of gas stoves	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	370	An Act relative to removing liquor license caps in communities	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3470	An Act protecting transportation network driver data privacy and integrity	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1332	An Act clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2100	An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3573	An Act relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1307	An Act protecting warehouse workers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2260	An Act relative to the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	78	An Act establishing the Massachusetts consumer data privacy act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	329	An Act relative to license caps	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	916	An Act to enhance analysis of state health mandates and costs	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1611	An Act relative to gift card fraud	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Department of Labor Standards	456 CMR 24.00: Administration of the Transportation Network Driver Labor Relations Law	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2521	An Act to prohibit the use of polystyrene foam food containers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	914	An Act to create fees for single use disposable food containers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1357	An Act establishing protections for workers in hot conditions	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	654	An Act to reduce plastics	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	29	An Act to establish the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	80	An Act establishing the Comprehensive Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	996	An Act relative to helium balloons	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR)	202 CMR 5.00: Unit Pricing	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2114	An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3985	An Act relative to promoting the future success of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1316	An Act creating an employer’s duty of care to safeguard its employees from workplace bullying	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	554	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	994	An Act regulating the application of fertilizer used in the town of Orleans	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	36	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	183	An Act to increase the cannabis purchase and possession limits	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3189	An Act to establish a vendors’ collection allowance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1019	An Act relative to the reduction of plastics	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3503	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1296	An Act protecting the right to time off for voting	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2208	An Act establishing Election Day as a holiday and providing paid voting leave	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	390	An Act relative to license suspensions	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	319	An Act relative to transparency in optional credit card fees	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	80	An Act to create efficiencies in the cannabis employment process	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	798	An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	933	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3447	An Act relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	917	An Act reducing packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1370	An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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	556	An Act establishing a lithium-ion battery stewardship program	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	204	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1285	An Act ensuring an appropriate response to shoplifting	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2530	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	916	An Act to reduce single use plastics in the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1361	An Act establishing paid prenatal leave	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	860	An Act establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	45	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	442	An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	478	An Act relative to the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1023	An Act to establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3525	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1304	An Act promoting infant friendly workplaces	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2245	An Act to expand the Bottle Bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	464	An Act warning consumers of the health risks of gas stoves	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	328	An Act relative to the sale of wines and malt beverages by food stores	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	910	An Act relative to association health plans	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1209	An act relative to gift card tampering	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2394	An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	912	An Act to reduce polystyrene in the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1347	An Act relative to workplace psychological safety	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	630	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2236	An Act relative to delivery network companies	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	440	An Act to allow non-profits to purchase alcohol from retail package stores for charitable events	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	437	An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	304	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2181	An Act to implement a 4 day work week in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	910	An Act to prevent the release of black plastic into the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1338	An Act relative to employee definition harmonization	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	629	An Act to reduce polystyrene in the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2009	An Act relative to regional transportation ballot initiatives	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	375	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	362	An Act relative to partial payment	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2163	An Act clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3464	An Act to update the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1291	An Act relative to workplace psychological safety	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1620	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	104	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2129	An Act relative to the definition of an independent contractor	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2259	An Act protecting transportation network driver data privacy and integrity	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	279	An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2440	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	913	An Act to create fees for single use beverage containers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1355	An Act to establish extreme temperature worker protections	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	647	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2253	An Act to reduce congestion and encourage shared rides	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	477	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts laws	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	447	An Act regarding credit card surcharging	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	181	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	590	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3453	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	968	An Act establishing a lithium-ion battery stewardship program	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1477	An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1015	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	653	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	207	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2138	An Act reducing the costs for small businesses	Support	$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
01/03/2025	Retailers Association of MA PAC	n/a	$200.00
03/05/2025	James Murphy	State Representative	$200.00
03/13/2025	Michael Moran	State Representative	$200.00
03/14/2025	John Velis	Senate	$200.00
04/14/2025	Daniel Cahill	State Representative	$200.00
04/15/2025	Christine Barber	State Representative	$200.00
04/29/2025	Michael Kushmerek	State Representative	$100.00
04/30/2025	Paul McMurtry	State Representative	$200.00
05/20/2025	David Muradian	State Representative	$100.00
05/22/2025	Mark Cusack	State Representative	$200.00
06/04/2025	John Lawn	State Representative	$200.00
06/04/2025	James Arciero	State Representative	$100.00
06/25/2025	James Arena-DeRosa	State Representative	$100.00
		Total contributions	$2,200.00

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