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

Lobbyist name	Robert McCarron
Business name	ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
Address	5 Brighton Street
City, state, zip code	Belmont, MA 02478
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-742-5147

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, INC.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $32,500.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1742	An Act to clarify the charitable purposes of certain organizations	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4408	An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2024	An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1380	An Act relative to healthcare industry recruitment and education for the 21st Century	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	3150	An Act relative to expanding 529 deductions	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	923	An Act relative to college in high school	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2540	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	NA
House Bill	3122	An Act to support educational opportunity for all	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	673	An Act establishing the New England Fusion Research Compact	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2535	An Act establishing the hunger-free campus initiative	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1446	An Act clarifying Meningococcal Vaccine Policy	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	3264	An Act relative to payments in lieu of taxation by organizations exempt from the property tax	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	935	An Act protecting students and increasing accountability at Massachusetts colleges and universities	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2617	An Act granting the city of Worcester the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1930	An Act empowering student-athletes through NIL rights	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4409	An Act to facilitate student financial assistance	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2066	An Act relative to increasing 529 deductions	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1449	An Act ensuring students' access to academic transcripts	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	3923	An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	938	An Act to require disclosure of conflicts of interests in academic institutions	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2619	An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	2326	An Act to prevent nonprofit institutions from avoiding wetlands or natural resource protections under the so-called Dover Amendment	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	411	An Act to modernize financial aid access	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2534	An Act relative to equitable higher education admissions policies	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1455	An Act relative to college in high school	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4152	An Act granting the city of Medford the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1193	An Act removing the charitable immunity cap	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Executive	Executive Office of Education (EDU)	Advocacy on behalf of our 58 member colleges and universities, including efforts to expand financial aid, improve behavioral health outcomes, increase the healthcare workforce pipeline and ensure access for underserved populations.	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1466	An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4375	An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts’ competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1779	An Act relative to private campus law enforcement officers	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1467	An Act to facilitate student financial assistance	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4406	An Act banning legacy and donor preferences in higher education	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2013	An Act to support educational opportunity for all	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1723	An Act to eliminate the charitable immunity cap	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4407	An Act relative to college in high school	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2016	An Act relative to payments in lieu of taxation by organizations exempt from the property tax	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1425	An Act to advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	3151	An Act relative to increasing 529 deductions	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	926	An Act protecting students abroad	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2591	An Act relative to college in high school	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1452	An Act banning legacy preferences in higher education	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4113	An Act relative to addressing higher education sexual misconduct	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1167	An Act to protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2715	Resolve establishing a special commission on the Dover amendment.	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1459	An Act to modernize financial aid access	Neutral	$0.00	NA
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	NA
Senate Bill	1461	Resolve establishing a special commission on the Dover amendment	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1948	An Act to protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4581	An Act granting the city of Worcester the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2068	An Act addressing hostile learning environments at higher education institutions	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	2276	An Act relative to clinical or educational programs under the Dover amendment	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4746	An Act establishing the Massachusetts consumer data privacy act	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2533	An Act to facilitate student financial assistance	Support	$0.00	NA
			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
07/18/2025	Michael Rodrigues	State Senate, First Bristol and Plymouth	$200.00
09/30/2025	Michele Wu	Mayor of Boston	$200.00
10/28/2025	Kim Driscoll	Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor	$200.00
10/29/2025	Joanne Comerford	State Senate, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester	$200.00
12/16/2025	Barry Finegold	State Senate, Second Essex and Middlesex	$200.00
12/31/2025	Nick Collins	State Senate, First Suffolk	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,200.00

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