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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014

Authorizing Officer name	Edward J Dever
Title	Principal
Business name	Dever & Dever
Address	9 Park Street Suite 200
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Phone	617-248-6616

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Edward J Dever	$42,799.97
Total salaries paid	$42,799.97

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Internet fees	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Brian Hickey	Rent	$4,500.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$4,500.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Edward J Dever

Client: Social Law Library

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4001	House Bills in Third Reading - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
House Bill	4000	House Ways and Means - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
House Bill	4242	Conference Committee - An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
Senate Bill	4	Senate Ways and Means - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
Senate Bill	2160	Senate Bills in Third Reading - Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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 (House, No. 4001)	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	2	Governor - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Edward J Dever

Client: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	869	An Act relative to insurance company rebates	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	4131	An Act requiring mental health parity for disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	446	An Act for greater fairness in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4214	An Act relative to insurance holding companies	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	934	An Act relative to a long term care partnership	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	1314	An Act improving the fairness of our tax laws	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	922	An Act relative to the MA Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association law	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	1707	An Act relative to social network privacy and employment	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	1977	An Act Relative to Medicaid	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Office of Medicaid
House Bill	3730	An Act relative to hospital indemnity insurance policies	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	3972	An act relative to the practice of acupuncture	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Executive		211 CMR 154 Enforcement of mental health parity	Oppose	$0.00	Division of Insurance
House Bill	20	An Act relative to unclaimed property and life insurance proceeds	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	427	An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	545	An Act relative to supplemental lines of insurance	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4248	An Act to increase opportunities for long-term substance abuse recovery	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	4087	An Act relative to the use and payment of ambulance services	Neutral	$0.00	massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	902	An Act Relative to False, Fraudulent and Misleading Statements	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	973	An Act relative to greater fairness in insurance	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature; Division of Insurance
Senate Bill	1785	An Act relative to disability insurance benefits	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state Legislature
House Bill	845	An Act relative to preventing fraud	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	837	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	447	An Act regulating executive compensation at mutual insurance companies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	421	An Act relative to preventing fraud	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4248	An Act to increase opportunities for long-term substance abuse recovery	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	965	An Act authorizing charitable life insurance policies	Neutral	$0.00	Massachusetts State legislature
House Bill	4030	An Act relative to credit for reinsurance requirements	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	920	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	543	An Act to ensure the privacy of patient prescription records	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	879	An Act relative to confidentiality in financial examinations	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	838	An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	461	An Act relative to executive compensation for mutual companies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	2077	An Act relative to certificates of insurance	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State legislature
Senate Bill	2118	An Act relative to social network privacy and employment	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	880	An Act relative to continuing education for insurance producers	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	909	An Act relative to short-term disability insurance disclosure	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	468	An Act clarifying deductions that can be made from private long term DI plans	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	2	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	426	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	3540	An Act relative to risk management services	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	244	An Act to prohibit negative option sales and disclosure of financial and personal information without a consumer's express agreement	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	2160	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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 (House, No. 4001)	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Executive		211 CMR 7 – Massachusetts Insurance Holding Company System Principal-based Reserving	Support	$0.00	Division of Insurance
Senate Bill	2156	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Group Insurance Commission; Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
House Bill	4242	An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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	Massachusetts State Legislature
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Dever & Dever

Client: Social Law Library

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $16,499.99

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4000	House Ways and Means - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
House Bill	4242	Conference Committee An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
House Bill	4001	House Bills in Third Reading - An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	MA State Legislature
Executive		the previous compensation amount was entered incorrectly	Neutral	$0.00	na
Senate Bill	4	Senate Ways and Means - An Act making appropriation for the fiscal year 2015 the 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	MA State Legislature
House Bill	2	An Act Making Appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	2160	Senate Bills in 3rd Reading - Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 the 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 (House, No. 4001)	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
			Total amount	$0.00

Entity: Dever & Dever

Client: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $26,299.98

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2077	An Act relative to certificates of Insurance	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State legislature
Senate Bill	2156	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature; Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations; Group Insurance Commission
House Bill	845	An Act relative to preventing fraud	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	837	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	461	SB461 - - An Act relative to executive compensation for mutual companies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	880	An Act relative to continuing education for insurance producers	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	909	An Act relative to short-term disability insurance disclosure	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	543	An Act to ensure the privacy of patient prescription records	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4214	An Act relative to insurance holding companies	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	934	An Act relative to a long term care partnership	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	1785	An Act relative to disability insurance benefits	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	545	An act relative to supplemental lines of insurance	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	2118	An Act relative to social network privacy and employment	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	4242	An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	922	An Act relative to the MA Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association law	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	1707	An Act relative to social network privacy and employment	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	2160	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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 (House, No. 4001)	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	879	An Act relative to confidentiality in financial examinations	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	838	An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	468	An Act clarifying deductions that can be made from private long term DI plans	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Executive		211 CMR 7 Massachusetts Insurance Holding Company System Principal based reserving	Support	$0.00	Division of Insurance
Senate Bill	426	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	902	An Act Relative to False, Fraudulent and Misleading Statements	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature
House Bill	973	An Act relative to greater fairness in insurance	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	1977	An Act relative to Medicaid	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	869	An Act relative to insurance company rebates	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	4131	An Act requiring mental health parity for disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	447	SB447 - - An Act regulating executive compensation at mutual insurance companies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	2	Governor - An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	427	An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	3540	An Act relative to risk Management services	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	244	An Act to prohibit negative option sales and disclosure of financial and personal information without a consumer's express agreement	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	965	An Act authorizing charitable life insurance policies	Neutral	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	20	An Act relative to unclaimed property and life insurance proceeds	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	446	An Act for greater fairness in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
Senate Bill	421	An act relative to preventing fraud	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4248	An Act to increase opportunities for long-term substance abuse recovery	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 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	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4030	An Act relative to credit for reinsurance requirements	Support	$0.00	MA State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	920	An Act prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts state legislature
Senate Bill	1314	An Act improving the fairness of our tax laws	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	3730	An Act relative to hospital indemnity insurance policies	Support	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature; Division of Insurance
House Bill	3972	An act relative to the practice of acupuncture	Oppose	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
House Bill	4087	An Act relative to the use and payment of ambulance services	Neutral	$0.00	Massachusetts State Legislature
			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
02/05/2014	Edward J Dever	Coppinger Committee	Representative 10th Suffolk	$100.00
03/05/2014	Edward J Dever	Dempsey Committee	Representative 3rd Essex	$200.00
03/29/2014	Edward J Dever	Mariano Committee	Representative 3rd Norfolk	$200.00
03/31/2014	Edward J Dever	Brewer Committee	Senate Worcester Hampden Hampshire Middlesex	$200.00
04/03/2014	Edward J Dever	DeLeo Committee	Representative 19th Suffolk	$100.00
04/03/2014	Edward J Dever	Therese Murray Committee	Senate Plymouth & Barnstable	$200.00
04/05/2014	Edward J Dever	Bradley Committee	Representative 3rd Plymouth	$200.00
04/09/2014	Edward J Dever	DeLeo Committee	Representative 19th Suffolk	$100.00
04/14/2014	Edward J Dever	Dwyer Committee	Representative 30th Middlesex	$200.00
04/14/2014	Edward J Dever	The Naughton Committee	Representative 12th Worcester	$200.00
05/05/2014	Edward J Dever	Petruccelli Committee	Senate 1st Suffolk & Middlesex	$200.00
05/05/2014	Edward J Dever	James Welch Committee	Senate Hampden	$200.00
05/05/2014	Edward J Dever	Democratic Senate	MA Democratic State Legislature	$200.00
05/15/2014	Edward J Dever	Democratic House	MA Democratic State Legislature	$200.00
05/15/2014	Edward J Dever	Thomas McGee Committee	Senate 3rd Essex	$200.00
06/09/2014	Edward J Dever	Bruce Tarr Committee	1st Essex and Middlesex	$200.00
06/18/2014	Edward J Dever	The Kevin Honan Committee	Representative 17th Suffolk	$200.00
			Total contributions	$3,100.00

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