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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2025 - 12/31/2025

Lobbyist name	Coleman Lynds
Business name	Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Address	124 Washington Street Suite 302
City, state, zip code	Foxborough, MA 02035
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	413-320-5990

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $25,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	436	An Act relative to continuing education requirements for any person holding a license as a real estate broker or salesman	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	231	An Act further regulating the continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	343	An Act requiring fair housing education for all real estate licensees	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	232	An Act requiring fair housing education for all real estate licensees	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1964	An Act relative to uniform partition of heirs property	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1239	An Act relative to uniform partition of heirs property	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
Senate Bill	2514	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1217	An Act relative to modernizing private flood insurance	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	4240	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	305	An Act improving housing opportunities	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	306	An Act to guarantee a commercial tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1482	An Act to establish an accessory dwelling unit trust fund	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	969	An Act establishing an accessory dwelling unit trust fund	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1516	An Act to expedite multifamily housing construction	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1542	An Act to study single-stair residential buildings	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	964	An Act to study single-stair residential buildings	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	890	An Act relative to crumbling concrete foundations	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	580	An Act relative to crumbling concrete foundations	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1996	An Act relative to written real estate service agreements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3041	An Act encouraging home ownership by establishing a first time home buyers savings account	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3192	An Act encouraging home ownership by establishing a first time home buyers savings account	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1959	An Act promoting mortgage debt relief	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2002	An Act encouraging home ownership by establishing a first time home buyers savings account	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3043	An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the town of Concord	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3056	An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3903	An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket to impose a real estate transfer fee for affordable and workforce housing and related capital improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3930	An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to impose a real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3931	An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of residential property in the Town of Falmouth for the purpose of funding affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4101	An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to impose a real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4278	An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to impose a real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4361	An Act authorizing the town of Provincetown to impose a 0.5% real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4362	An Act authorizing the town of Wellfleet to establish a real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1937	An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	966	An Act relative to funding housing and mitigating investor real estate in seasonal communities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4193	An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the city known as the town of Amherst	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4839	An Act authorizing the town of Eastham to impose a 3% real estate transfer fee	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Docket	4363	An Act relative to funding housing and mitigating investor real estate in seasonal communities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3934	An Act establishing the town of Plymouth Land Bank	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1955	An Act establishing the Martha’s Vineyard housing bank	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	268	An Act prohibiting real estate dual agency transactions	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2242	An Act providing for more efficient wetlands	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1434	An Act relative to funding affordable housing and incentivizing zoning reform	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1447	An Act enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3043	An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the town of Concord	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3056	An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3193	An Act establishing the Martha’s Vineyard housing bank	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3903	An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket to impose a real estate transfer fee for affordable and workforce housing and related capital improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3903	An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket to impose a real estate transfer fee for affordable and workforce housing and related capital improvements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4193	An Act establishing a real estate transfer fee upon the transfer of property in the city known as the town of Amherst	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4300	An Act establishing a real property transfer fee in the town of Chatham	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4350	An Act authorizing the town of Brookline to levy a real estate transfer fee on certain real property transfers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1930	An Act authorizing a local affordable housing surcharge	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1937	An Act enabling a local option for a real estate transfer fee to fund affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1955	An Act establishing the Martha’s Vineyard housing bank	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4003	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1971	An Act creating a graduated deed excise tax for affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3278	An Act creating a graduated deed excise tax for affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3042	An Act establishing a building permit fee surcharge for affordable housing in the town of Concord	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	960	An Act authorizing the town of Brookline to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction protections	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	22	An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to regulate rent in residential dwelling units	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4063	An Act to protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3990	An Act relative to stabilizing tenants and small property owners	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2328	An Act enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1497	An Act relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of rents	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1477	An Act enabling local options for tenant protections	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	998	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	982	An Act to plan, preserve, and protect	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3910	An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to enact right to purchase legislation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1577	Resolve to plan, preserve, and protect	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1544	An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1878	An Act relative to streamline the judicial review of local land use decisions	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2022	An Act relative to prohibiting eviction without good cause	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Comments regarding regulations governing accessory dwelling units	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Comments regarding final regulations for the MBTA Communities law	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Comments regarding regulations governing a buyers' right to a home inspection	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Outreach regarding guidance from the Executive Office of Economic Development on the implementation of a new law on residential broker's fees	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
12/09/2025	Patrick O'Connor	State Senate, First Plymouth and Norfolk	$50.00
		Total contributions	$50.00

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