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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023

Lobbyist name	William Rennie
Business name	Retailers Association of Massachusetts
Address	18 Tremont Street 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

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $22,158.76

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	813	An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance Glyphosate in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	768	An Act to ensure plastic bottle recycling	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3676	An Act to update the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1693	An Act relative to felony threshold for multiple theft offenses	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1957	An Act to establish a vendors' collection allowance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1897	An Act relative to fairness in worker's compensation disfigurement benefits	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	443	An Act to combat disposable plastic straw waste	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	513	An Act to assess the future of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	149	An Act modernizing lottery payment options	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1944	An Act clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	814	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	794	An Act of leadership by the state of Massachusetts to reduce single use plastics	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2104	An Act to expand the Bottle Bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1092	An Act relative to protecting innocent sellers	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1159	An Act relative to fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	784	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	n/a/
Senate Bill	554	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	401	An Act relative to the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	133	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Mandated benefits	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	887	An Act restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3684	An Act relative to containers, litter, ecology and nips (CLEAN Act)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1443	An Act relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	814	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	882	An Act relative to the reduction of plastics	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3690	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1437	An Act relative to protecting innocent sellers	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	875	An Act relative to helium balloons	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	525	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	871	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	253	An Act relative to the sale of wines and malt beverages by food stores	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	687	An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1880	An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker's Compensation Act	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	874	An Act regulating the application of fertilizer used in the town of Orleans	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	823	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	170	An Act establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1783	An Act to promote employee ownership	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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	468	An Act prohibiting the application of fertilizer used in the town of Nantucket except for farming purposes	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	551	An Act relative to paint recycling	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	255	An Act relative to establishing an online lottery	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2769	An Act to promote employee ownership	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1898	An Act relative to workers' compensation disfigurement benefits concerning scarring	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	477	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	916	An Act to assess the future of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	42	An Act creating tax relief for affordability, competitiveness and equity	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1182	An Act clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Regulatory Implementation of Chapter 287 of the Acts of 2022	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	479	An Act protecting pollinators by eliminating harmful products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	770	An Act reducing packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2156	An Act relative to recycling nips	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3770	An Act to improve the Commonwealth's competitiveness, affordability, and equity	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	821	An Act relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	450	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2114	An Act relative to the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	288	An Act relative to partial payment	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	881	An Act to establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	570	An Act to reduce plastics	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1896	An Act to modify weekly workers' compensation disability benefits	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	254	An Act relative to license caps	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	695	An Act relative to the workers' compensation premium payment schedules for small businesses	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3901	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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	540	An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	542	An Act establishing safe paint stewardship	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1126	An Act promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2397	An Act to improve the Commonwealth's competitiveness, affordability, and equity	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	742	An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	767	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3146	An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1101	An Act regarding credit card surcharging	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1226	An Act relative to unemployment insurance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3900	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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	516	An Act governing the use of pesticides containing the herbicide substance glyphosate in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	776	An Act reducing packaging waste in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1557	An Act relative to establishing an animal abuse registry	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2406	An Act to improve the Commonwealth's competitiveness, affordability, and equity	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	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/03/2023	Retailers Association of MA PAC	n/a	$200.00
03/05/2023	James Murphy	state representative	$200.00
03/08/2023	Mark Cusack	state representative	$200.00
03/15/2023	John Velis	state senate	$200.00
04/05/2023	John Cronin	state senate	$100.00
04/06/2023	Daniel Cahill	state representative	$200.00
06/20/2023	Ann Margaret Ferrante	state representative	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,300.00

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