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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023

Lobbyist name	Jon B. Hurst
Business name	Retailers Association of Massachusetts
Address	18 Tremont St. 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: $41,911.26

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2709	An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1906	An Act relative to commission sales rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1861	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1214	An Act to restore workers' rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	747	An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2880	An Act relative to lowering the sales tax to 5%	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2226	An Act prohibiting the sale of dextromethorphan to minors	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1148	An Act relative to wage theft	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1188	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	826	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1953	An Act relative to a youth training wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1543	An Act protecting employee free speech	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2737	An Act relative to regional ballot initiatives	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1178	An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a public health State of Emergency declaration	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	590	An Act prohibiting the sale of fur products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2759	An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1456	An Act prohibiting the sale of dextromethorphan to minors	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1868	An Act to prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1872	An Act requiring one fair wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	550	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3155	An Act modernizing competitive energy supply	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2367	An Act relative to third party delivery data reporting	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2106	An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1935	An Act providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a declared public health state of emergency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	549	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops	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	2763	An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2739	An Act providing for a local option transportation excise tax on large employers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1164	An Act protecting warehouse workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2215	An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1957	An Act to establish a vendors' collection allowance	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1901	An Act relative to commissioned employees	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1848	An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1173	An Act further regulating Sunday overtime wages	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	420	An Act to establish fashion sustainability and social accountability in the commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2935	An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	309	An Act to enhance retail sales and protect consumers from forced labor	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1158	An Act to prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1869	An Act updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	849	An Act prohibiting the sale of fur products	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	687	An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	961	An Act establishing portable benefit accounts for app-based-delivery drivers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1846	An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1836	An Act relative to time and a half wages on Sundays and legal holidays	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	227	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1182	An Act clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2787	An Act relative to taxation of digital advertising services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2858	An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1170	An Act addressing workplace bullying, mobbing, and harassment, without regard to protected class status while promoting healthy workplaces	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Docket No. G2023-01 Proposed Regulations for Dental Benefit Plans - 211CMR 156	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1942	An Act relative to sales tax reduction to 5%	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3372	An Act relative to third party delivery data reporting	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3196	An Act relative to electric ratepayer protections	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1957	An Act relative to an eight hour work day	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	747	An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	178	An Act relative to transparency in credit card fees	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	133	An Act establishing the Office of Massachusetts Main Streets	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2930	An Act establishing a tax for online advertising	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1925	An Act relative to the minimum wage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	83	An Act to establish the Massachusetts data privacy protection act	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	263	An Act investigating the economic impact of certain Massachusetts laws	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	235	An Act to support MassMakers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2966	An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1200	An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	25	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Protection Act	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1168	An Act relative to a youth training wage	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	958	An Act protecting employee free speech	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1828	An Act relative to regional transportation ballot initiatives	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1878	An Act protecting warehouse workers	Oppose	$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	695	An Act relative to the workers' compensation premium payment schedules for small businesses	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2828	An Act establishing a tax for online advertising	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2923	An Act establishing a local option gas tax	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1882	An Act to establish psychological workplace safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Proposed Regulations 940 CMR 38.00: Unfair and Deceptive Fees	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1848	An Act establishing rights and obligations of transportation network drivers and transportation network companies	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2859	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1800	An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	60	An Act establishing the Massachusetts information privacy and security act	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
09/26/2023	Tackey Chan	State Representative, 2nd Norfolk	$200.00
11/14/2023	David Muradian	State Representative, 9th Worcester	$200.00
12/15/2023	Joan Lovely	State Senator, 2nd Essex	$200.00
12/15/2023	Julian Cyr	State Senator, Cape and Islands	$200.00
12/15/2023	Barry Finegold	State Senator, 2nd Essex and Middlesex	$200.00
12/15/2023	Mathew Muratore	State Representative, 1st Plymouth	$200.00
12/15/2023	Michael Rodrigues	State Senator, 1st Bristol and Plymouth	$200.00
12/15/2023	Paul McMurtry	State Representative, 11th Norfolk	$200.00
12/15/2023	John Lawn	State Representative, 10th Middlesex	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,800.00

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