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

Authorizing Officer name	Christopher Koczela
Title	Principal
Business name	Fort Point Strategies LLC
Address	20 Ashburton Place
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Phone	617-449-8515

Client Compensation

Name	Amount
American Express Travel Related Services, Inc.	$30,500.00
Parallel Products of New England Inc.	$23,000.00
Benevis	$12,000.00
Association of Social Work Boards	$0.00
Consumer Data Industry Association	$27,750.00
TOMRA Mass LLC	$11,000.00
National Strategies, LLC	$15,000.00
Western Union Financial Services, Inc.	$12,000.00
New England Pest Control Association, Inc.	$14,840.00
GSK Consumer Healthcare	$24,000.00
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.	$30,000.00
Fiserv Inc.	$21,000.00
Total salaries received	$221,090.00

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Fort Point Strategies	$0.00
Christopher Koczela	$160,000.00
Total salaries paid	$160,000.00

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
01/01/2023	Beacon Hill Consulting Group	Rent	$9,234.00
01/01/2023	AT&T	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$750.00
01/01/2023	Instatrac	Professional subscriptions	$2,214.00
01/01/2023	Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Professional dues	$110.00
01/01/2023	Staples	Office supplies, equipment	$560.00
01/01/2023	US Postal	Postage, shipping, delivery	$60.00
01/01/2023	MCCA_BCG	Other operating expenses	$1,512.00
01/01/2023	WIX	Internet fees	$280.00
		Total operating expenses	$14,720.00

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: Christopher Koczela

Client: American Express Travel Related Services, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	306	An Act relative to cardholder surcharges	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	260	An Act relative to credit card surcharges	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1101	An Act regarding credit card surcharging	Oppose	$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	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2400	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	178	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Parallel Products of New England Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	3676	An Act to update the bottle bill	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3690	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2104	An Act to expand the Bottle Bill	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	572	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	779	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	833	An Act establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Benevis

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	1379	An Act to improve oral health for all Massachusetts residents	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Department of Public Health (DPH)	discussions regarding allowing increase for steel crown implants during a dental office visit and increase of medicaid rates.	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1236	An Act increasing access to MassHealth dental providers	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Association of Social Work Boards

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	208	An Act to ensure parity in social work licensure	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	93	An Act to ensure parity in social work licensure	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1253	An Act relative to social work uplifting practices and exam removal	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	160	An Act relative to Social Work Uplifting Practices and Exam Removal (The SUPER Act)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Consumer Data Industry Association

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	189	An Act to ease the burden of medical debt	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	25	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	743	An Act to ensure uniform and transparent reporting of medical debt data	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1690	An Act promoting housing opportunity and mobility through eviction sealing (HOMES)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	347	An Act alleviating the burden of medical debt for patients and families	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1222	An Act to ensure uniform and transparent reporting of medical debt data	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1434	An Act reducing barriers to employment through credit discrimination	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	284	An Act to reduce the burden of medical debt	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: TOMRA Mass LLC

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	779	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3690	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	572	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2104	An Act to expand the Bottle Bill	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	833	An Act establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3676	An Act to update the bottle bill	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: National Strategies, LLC

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	208	An Act to ensure parity in social work licensure	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1253	An Act relative to social work uplifting practices and exam removal	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	160	An Act relative to Social Work Uplifting Practices and Exam Removal (The SUPER Act)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	93	An Act to ensure parity in social work licensure	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Western Union Financial Services, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1106	An Act relative to the regulation of money transmission by the Division of Banks	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: New England Pest Control Association, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	811	An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren	Oppose	$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
Senate Bill	444	An Act to restrict the use of pesticides around children	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	825	An Act relative to pesticides	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	742	An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	479	An Act protecting pollinators by eliminating harmful products	Oppose	$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
House Bill	804	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
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: GSK Consumer Healthcare

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2215	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2901	An Act relative to OTC medications sales tax exemption	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1465	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1341	An Act further regulating the sale of tobacco products	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	151	An Act further regulating business practices between motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributors	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	220	An Act relative to vehicle recalls	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	400	An Act relative to vehicle recalls	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	290	An Act relative to the right to repair motor vehicle data law	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	331	An Act further regulating business practices between motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributors	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	360	An Act relative to digital right to repair	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	142	An Act relative to digital right to repair	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	329	An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Christopher Koczela

Client: Fiserv Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	25	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1841	An Act protecting wages of employees who receive wages through an electronic wage card	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	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2400	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
			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
02/01/2023	Christopher Koczela	Aaron Michlewitz	Representative	$200.00
02/07/2023	Christopher Koczela	Thomas M. Stanley	Representative	$200.00
02/08/2023	Christopher Koczela	Mark J. Cusack	Representative	$200.00
02/14/2023	Christopher Koczela	Adrian C. Madaro	Representative	$200.00
03/15/2023	Christopher Koczela	John C. Velis	Senator	$200.00
03/21/2023	Christopher Koczela	William M. Straus	Representative	$200.00
03/21/2023	Christopher Koczela	John J. Lawn, Jr.	Representative	$200.00
03/29/2023	Christopher Koczela	Karen E. Spilka	Senator	$200.00
04/05/2023	Christopher Koczela	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Representative	$200.00
04/05/2023	Christopher Koczela	Daniel J. Ryan	Representative	$200.00
04/05/2023	Christopher Koczela	John J. Cronin	Senator	$200.00
04/06/2023	Christopher Koczela	Daniel Cahill	Representative	$200.00
04/06/2023	Christopher Koczela	Sal N. DiDomenico	Senator	$200.00
04/10/2023	Christopher Koczela	Jay D. Livingstone	Representative	$200.00
04/11/2023	Christopher Koczela	Jerald A. Parisella	Representative	$200.00
04/11/2023	Christopher Koczela	Jessica Ann Giannino	Representative	$200.00
04/11/2023	Christopher Koczela	Carole A. Fiola	Representative	$200.00
04/11/2023	Christopher Koczela	John J. Mahoney	Representative	$200.00
04/12/2023	Christopher Koczela	Michael J. Moran	Representative	$200.00
04/12/2023	Christopher Koczela	Danielle W. Gregoire	Representative	$200.00
04/13/2023	Christopher Koczela	Denise C. Garlick	Representative	$200.00
04/13/2023	Christopher Koczela	Meghan Kilcoyne	Representative	$200.00
04/13/2023	Christopher Koczela	David Biele	Representative	$200.00
04/13/2023	Christopher Koczela	Ann-Margaret Ferrante	Representative	$200.00
04/25/2023	Christopher Koczela	David M. Rogers	Representative	$200.00
04/25/2023	Christopher Koczela	Marjorie C. Decker	Representative	$200.00
04/25/2023	Christopher Koczela	Jeffrey N. Roy	Representative	$200.00
04/25/2023	Christopher Koczela	Rebecca L. Rausch	Senator	$200.00
04/26/2023	Christopher Koczela	Dylan A. Fernandes	Representative	$200.00
04/26/2023	Christopher Koczela	Rodney M. Elliott	Representative	$100.00
04/27/2023	Christopher Koczela	Brendan P. Crighton	Senator	$200.00
05/01/2023	Christopher Koczela	Michael J. Rodrigues	Senator	$200.00
05/10/2023	Christopher Koczela	Kate Lipper-Garabedian	Representative	$200.00
05/16/2023	Christopher Koczela	Rob Consalvo	Representative	$200.00
05/16/2023	Christopher Koczela	Christopher J. Worrell	Representative	$100.00
05/17/2023	Christopher Koczela	Committee for a Democratic Senate	PAC	$200.00
05/17/2023	Christopher Koczela	Barry R. Finegold	Senator	$200.00
05/17/2023	Christopher Koczela	James J. O'Day	Representative	$200.00
05/22/2023	Christopher Koczela	Paul R. Feeney	Senator	$200.00
05/22/2023	Christopher Koczela	Julian Cyr	Senator	$200.00
05/22/2023	Christopher Koczela	Christine P. Barber	Representative	$200.00
05/23/2023	Christopher Koczela	Michael P. Kushmerek	Representative	$200.00
05/23/2023	Christopher Koczela	William J. Driscoll, Jr.	Representative	$200.00
05/24/2023	Christopher Koczela	Antonio F. D. Cabral	Representative	$200.00
05/24/2023	Christopher Koczela	Jack Patrick Lewis	Representative	$200.00
05/24/2023	Christopher Koczela	Kathleen R. LaNatra	Representative	$200.00
06/13/2023	Christopher Koczela	Nick Collins	Senator	$200.00
06/15/2023	Christopher Koczela	Maura Healey	Governor	$200.00
06/20/2023	Christopher Koczela	Lydia Edwards	Senator	$200.00
06/20/2023	Christopher Koczela	Kip A. Diggs	Representative	$125.00
06/23/2023	Christopher Koczela	John H. Rogers	Representative	$200.00
06/23/2023	Christopher Koczela	Daniel J. Hunt	Representative	$200.00
06/28/2023	Christopher Koczela	House Victory Fund	PAC	$200.00
06/29/2023	Christopher Koczela	Brandy Fluker Oakley	Representative	$200.00
			Total contributions	$10,525.00

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