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

Lobbyist name	Stephen J Clark
Business name	Massachusetts Restaurant Association, Inc
Address	160 East Main Street Suite 2
City, state, zip code	Westborough, MA 01581
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	508-303-9905

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Restaurant Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $7,500.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	204	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	194	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	447	An Act regarding credit card surcharging	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	375	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	319	An Act relative to transparency in optional credit card fees	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	205	An Act relative to price-fixing prohibition and consumer transparency	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1259	An Act relative to price-fixing prohibition, consumer transparency & tax fairness	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	217	An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	349	An Act establishing a commission to consider happy hour in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	443	An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1349	An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1550	An Act related to the risk of getting cancer due to the consumption of alcohol	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	454	An Act relative to credit card surcharges	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	278	An Act relative to credit card surcharges	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2525	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	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1992	An Act repealing advance sales tax payments	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1993	An Act amending advance sales tax payment penalties	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	688	An Act prohibiting card interchange fees on tax or gratuity	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4761	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects, Section 176	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Fee regulations requiring businesses to disclose the total price of a product at the time it is presented to consumers, provide clear and accessible information on whether fees are optional or required, and simplify the process for cancelling trial offers and recurring charges	Oppose	$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	Deborah Goldberg	Treasurer of the Commonwealth	$200.00
		Total contributions	$200.00

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