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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2021 - 12/31/2021

Authorizing Officer name	Martha M Walz
Title	Principal
Business name	Marty Walz and Associates, Inc.
Address	45 West 3rd Street Suite 408
City, state, zip code	South Boston, MA 02127
Country	US
Phone	617-315-7006

Client Compensation

Name	Amount
College of American Pathologisys	$10,250.00
Massachusetts Parent Action	$0.00
Juul Labs, Inc.	$45,000.00
Education Reform Now Advocacy	$36,000.00
Via Transportation, Inc.	$31,500.00
Massachusetts Society of Pathologists	$4,000.00
Sandy Hook Promise	$20,000.00
Total salaries received	$146,750.00

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Martha M Walz	$0.00
Total salaries paid	$0.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

No activities, bill numbers or bill titles were disclosed for this reporting period.

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
12/11/2021	Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Professional dues	$1,045.00
		Total operating expenses	$1,045.00

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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: Juul Labs, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2310	An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and E-cigarette products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1433	An Act to repeal the state menthol ban	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2369	An Act relative to the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2244	An Act further regulating the sale of tobacco products	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1459	An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1392	An Act further regulating the sale of tobacco products	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2406	An Act to repeal the state menthol ban	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: Via Transportation, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2267	An Act relative to transportation network companies	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2324	An Act to generate revenue to expand transit options	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3426	An Act to generate revenue to expand transit options	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3523	An Act to reduce congestion and encourage shared rides	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2265	An Act creating a New Deal for Transportation in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3892	An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to establish transit improvement districts	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2295	An Act to reduce congestion and encourage shared rides	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2277	An Act to increase regional transit accessibility in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1162	An Act relative to transportation network company rider assessments	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2465	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	3413	An Act to increase regional transit accessibility in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2436	An Act relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: Education Reform Now Advocacy

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2465	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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
House Bill	659	An Act requiring school districts, with the assistance of the department of elementary and secondary education, to disclose information about required assessments	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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
House Bill	657	An Act clarifying parental rights in the administration of standardized tests	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	293	An Act expanding opportunities to demonstrate academic achievement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	357	An Act to increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	713	An Act relative to the abolition of MCAS and profiteering from public education	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	603	An Act to eliminate the use of the MCAS as the sole purpose for high school graduation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	297	An Act responding to the COVID-19 emergency by instituting a moratorium on the administration of the MCAS test for the 2020-2021 school year	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	351	An Act expanding high school student access to earn industry recognized credentials	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	613	An Act to cancel the administration of the MCAS for the 2020-2021 school year	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	652	An Act to increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs.	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	361	An Act establishing a Special Commission to Re-Imagine School Assessment and Accountability	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2022 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	326	An Act require the use of a computer-adaptive assessment to identify student achievement, growth, and for education system accountability	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	568	An Act to place a moratorium on high stakes testing for the duration of the COVID-19 state of emergency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	691	An Act expanding high school student access to earn industry recognized credentials	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	612	An Act expanding opportunities to demonstrate academic achievement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	693	An Act relative to college in high schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	384	An Act creating a grant program on alternative assessment models	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	709	An Act establishing a commission on school segregation	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	645	An Act relative to the use of computer-adaptive assessments in K-12 education	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	300	An Act supporting the local determination of educational competency and multiple forms of academic assessment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4002	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	324	An Act relative to standardized tests	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	570	An Act to place a moratorium on high stakes testing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	305	An Act promoting racially integrated schools	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: College of American Pathologisys

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	680	An Act relative to out of network billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	674	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	808	An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1197	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1280	An Act prohibiting surprise outside billing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1066	An Act to protect consumers from surprise billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1137	An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: Massachusetts Society of Pathologists

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1137	An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	808	An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Martha M Walz

Client: Sandy Hook Promise

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	617	An Act relative to safety and violence education for students (the SAVE Students Act)	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	336	An Act relative to safety and violence education for students (the SAVE Students Act)	Support	$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	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
08/23/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Adrian Madaro	State House of Representatives	$200.00
09/04/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Robert Gignac	Lowell City Council	$100.00
09/27/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Mary Tamer	Boston City Council District 6	$100.00
10/05/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Jeff Roy	State House of Representatives	$100.00
10/30/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Joan Meschino	State House of Representatives	$100.00
12/21/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Pavel Payano	State Senate	$200.00
12/21/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Kate Lipper-Garabedian	State House of Representatives	$100.00
12/21/2021	Martha M Walz	Committee to Elect Aaron Michlewitz	State House of Representatives	$200.00
			Total contributions	$1,100.00

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