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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period:   07/01/2025 - 12/31/2025
Lobbyist name Jon B. Hurst   
Business name Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Inc.
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, Inc.
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $46,478.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 56 An Act empowering municipalities and local governments. Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 108 An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 351 An Act relative to the sale of liquor licenses Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 371 An Act relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal consumer products in the Commonwealth Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 470 An Act relative to stores offering digital coupons Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 893 An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 950 An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance Glyphosate in the Commonwealth Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 954 An Act empowering vulnerable municipalities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 965 An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 967 An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 975 An Act authorizing the town of Newbury to adopt a bylaw restricting the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 995 An Act authorizing the town of Orleans to adopt a pesticide reduction bylaw Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 990 An Act prohibiting the sale of newly farmed fur products Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1014 An Act establishing a climate change superfund Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1032 An Act to establish environmental accountability in the fashion industry Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1041 An Act to protect pollinators and public health Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1143 An Act to encourage retirement planning Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1226 An Act relative to secure choice retirement savings plan Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2064 An Act relative to bereavement leave for the loss of a child Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2071 An Act relative to time and a half wages Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2081 An Act relative to minimum gratuity while dining Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2086 An Act protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2094 An Act to prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2100 An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2103 An Act protecting warehouse workers Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2107 An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2110 An Act improving the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2111 An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2114 An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2138 An Act to ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-related death Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2141 An Act relative to employee definition harmonization Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2150 An Act to increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2152 An Act extending parental leave Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2156 An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a declared public health state of emergency Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2166 An Act relative to updating overtime salary thresholds and codify definitions to protect the middle class Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2168 An Act relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2180 An Act relative to consolidating multiple definitions of employee Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2182 An Act relative to an eight hour work day Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2183 An Act to ban captive audience meetings Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2190 An Act relative to sexual harassment workplace training Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2468 An Act for healthy kids, healthy futures Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3074 An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3075 An Act relative to protecting youth by closing the synthetic nicotine loophole Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3089 An Act relative to taxation of digital advertising services Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3126 An Act establishing a tax for online advertising Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3208 An Act establishing a sales tax on digital advertising services Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3217 An Act relative to retail deliveries Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3224 An Act establishing a tax for online advertising Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3263 An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3732 An Act relative to third party delivery data reporting Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3774 An Act relative to third party delivery fees Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3995 An Act to protect workers from extreme temperatures Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4091 An Act authorizing the city of Salem to prohibit the application of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides within its borders Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4133 An Act to authorize the town of Lexington to prohibit or restrict the application of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4172 An Act authorizing the town of Provincetown to prohibit use or sale of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4191 An Act authorizing the town of Wellfleet to enact a pesticide reduction bylaw Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4197 An Act relative to notification of alcohol by volume in beers to be consumed on the premises Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4266 An Act authorizing the city of Lowell to prohibit or restrict the application of second-generation anticoagulant rodentiicides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4310 An Act authorizing the town of Belmont to prohibit or restrict the application of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4319 An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4500 An Act authorizing the town of Concord to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides within the town Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4571 An Act authorizing the town of Arlington to prohibit use of second-generation anti-coagulant rodenticides by commercial pesticide applicators Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 26 An Act authorizing the town of Brookline to prohibit or restrict the application of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 212 An Act relative to nature of alcohol licenses and permits Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 237 An Act regulating self-checkouts in grocery establishments Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 551 An Act prohibiting the sale of newly farmed fur products Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 552 An Act authorizing the city of Newton to prohibit the application of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides within its borders Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 587 An Act to protect pollinators and public health Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 588 An Act establishing a climate change superfund Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 618 An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 625 An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance glyphosate in the Commonwealth Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 644 An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 644 An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 644 An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 650 An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 651 An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1287 An Act relative to bereavement leave Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1291 An Act relative to workplace psychological safety Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1295 An Act relative to workforce training 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 1300 An Act preventing wage theft, promoting employer accountability, and enhancing public enforcement Oppose $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 1305 An Act establishing protections and accountability for Delivery Network Company workers, consumers, and communities Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1307 An Act protecting warehouse workers Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1310 An Act to protect injured workers 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 1319 An Act relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1320 An Act to increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1322 An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a public health State of Emergency declaration Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1324 An Act relative to updating overtime salary thresholds and codifying definitions to protect middle-class workers Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1327 An Act protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1334 An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1335 An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers 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 1338 An Act relative to employee definition harmonization Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1347 An Act relative to workplace psychological safety Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1351 An Act improving the Massachusetts paid family medical leave law Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1355 An Act to establish extreme temperature worker protections Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1355 An Act to establish extreme temperature worker protections Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1357 An Act establishing protections for workers in hot conditions Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1370 An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1571 An Act for healthy kids, healthy futures Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1567 An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1949 An Act relative to protecting youth by closing the synthetic nicotine loophole Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2004 An Act relative to taxation of digital advertising services Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2017 An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2020 An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction by increasing the tax on cigarettes Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2236 An Act relative to delivery network companies Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2253 An Act to reduce congestion and encourage shared rides Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2355 An Act relative to third party delivery data reporting Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2356 An Act relative to third party delivery fees for transportation infrastructure Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2608 An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2619 An act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2608 An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2516 An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 36 An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 37 An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 304 An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets Support $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
House Bill 329 An Act relative to license caps Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 330 An Act to clarify the minimum age for the sale and purchase of adult-use products Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 345 An Act relative to alcoholic beverage containers Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 353 An Act relative to retail alcohol license caps Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 370 An Act relative to removing liquor license caps in communities Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 414 An Act relative to outdoor dining Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 437 An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities Support $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 442 An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 443 An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 477 An Act modernizing the Massachusetts laws 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 1215 An Act to assess the current status of the merged market Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1236 An Act directing the division of insurance to regularly report on the performance of the merged non-group and small-group health insurance markets Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1581 An Act specifying an electronic system to ensure that sales of certain products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) do not exceed limits established under federal law Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1611 An Act relative to gift card fraud Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1644 An Act relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes 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 2128 An Act relative to commissioned employees Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2129 An Act relative to the definition of an independent contractor Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2130 An Act relative to independent contractors Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2136 An Act to preserve employer autonomy 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
House Bill 2175 An Act relative to a youth training wage Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2379 An Act relative to tobacco harm-reduction Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3145 An Act relative to the gradual elimination of the inventory tax Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3148 An Act relative to rolling stock Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3189 An Act to establish a vendors’ collection allowance 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 181 An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 207 An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 213 An Act relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 217 An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 219 An Act relative to retailer-backed coupons Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 221 An Act to clarify the minimum age for the sale and purchase of adult-use products Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 267 An Act updating the unit pricing exemption threshold Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 279 An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 798 An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1209 An act relative to gift card tampering Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1243 An Act specifying an electronic system to ensure that sales of certain products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) do not exceed limits established under federal law Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1314 An Act relative to a youth training wage 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
Senate Bill 1375 An Act to preserve employer autonomy Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1498 An Act relative to tobacco harm-reduction Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1943 An Act relative to rolling stock Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2081 An Act relative to the taxation of rolling stock Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2086 An Act relative to sales tax reduction to 5% Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2095 An Act to establish a vendors’ collection allowance Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2259 An Act protecting transportation network driver data privacy and integrity Support $0.00 N/A
Executive Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)(Executive Office of Health and Human Services) Proposed Regulation 202 CMR 5.00: Unit Pricing and Automated Retail Checkout Systems-Division of Standards Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3504 An Act establishing the gateway cities renewable, efficient, and electrified neighborhoods initiative Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3529 An Act relative to building energy and decarbonization Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3465 An Act promoting the adoption of renewable energy for heating, cooling and hot water Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3523 An Act relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3575 An Act relative to the Mass Save program Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3565 An Act relative to Mass Save assessments Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3561 An Act to establish group purchasing programs for solar, heat pumps, and insulation Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4144 An Act relative to energy affordability, independence and innovation Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2247 An Act relative to Mass Save assessments Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2256 An Act establishing the gateway cities renewable, efficient, and electrified neighborhoods initiative Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2266 An Act relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated building 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
DateRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
10/28/2025 Tackey Chan State Representative, 2nd Norfolk $200.00
11/12/2025 Sally Kerans State Representative, 13th Essex $200.00
12/11/2025 Brian Shortsleeve Governor of Massachusetts $200.00
12/18/2025 Joan Lovely State Senator, 2nd Essex $200.00
  Total contributions $800.00
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