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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period:   01/01/2013 - 06/30/2013
Lobbyist name Robert A Rio   
Business name Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)
Address One Beacon Street    16th Floor
City, state, zip code Boston, MA 02108         
Country US
Agent type Both
Phone 617-262-1180
 
 
Operating Expenses
DateRecipientType of expenseAmount
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Advertising expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Photocopies, scans $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Computer equipment, supplies $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Professional dues $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Fax charges $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Internet fees $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Legal fees $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Postage, shipping, delivery $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Office supplies, equipment $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Printing expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Public relations expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Rent $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Office and support staff salaries $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Professional subscriptions $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Taxes $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Telephone, cell phone, handheld $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Utilities (heat, water, electricity) $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Other operating expenses $0.00
  Total operating expenses $0.00
 
Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles
Activity or Bill No and TitleAgent's positionDirect business association with public officialClient representedCompensation received
HD3508 An Act clarifying the powers of the governor under the Civil Defense Act HB956 An Act concerning the safety of autistic and Alzheimer individuals HB944 An Act establishing a consumer bill of rights in tiered and reduced network health plans SB69 An Act establishing an early education and out-of-school time capital fund SB897 An Act expediting appeals of wage violations SB1420 An Act extending single sales factor apportionment to all retail and wholesale corporations HB3327 An Act financing improvements to the Commonwealth's transportation system HB1127 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents HB3452 An Act implementing the Affordable Care Act and providing further access to affordable health care SB821 An Act known as the Consumer Legal Equalization Act HB1 An Act making appropriations for FY2014 HB43 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3451 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3523 An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2014 before final action on the general appropriations bill SB746 An Act mandating that offenses for which a pardon has been granted be expunged from Criminal Offender Record Information reports SB808 An Act promoting gender equity HB59 An Act providing retiree healthcare benefits reform SB1464 An Act recognizing the profession of interior designers to bid on state contracts SB766 An Act regulating compensation of board members of public charities HB248 An Act regulating secondary metals dealings HB923 An Act relative to a mandated benefit advisory commission SB1336 An Act relative to a tax credit for the hiring of veterans SB702 An Act relative to access to a decedent's electronic mail accounts HB165 An Act relative to bona fide business entities HB454 An Act relative to bullying in schools SB206 An Act relative to bullying in schools SB812 An Act relative to CORI reform SB764 An Act relative to corporate criminal conduct HB476 An Act relative to early education and out of school time capital fund HB2132 An Act relative to elevator inspection fines HB2115 An Act relative to elevator inspections SB786 An Act relative to employee records HB2013 An Act relative to House Rules governing the 2013-2014 legislative sessions. HB2015 An Act relative to Joint Rules governing the 2013-2014 legislative sessions HB931 An Act relative to mastectomies HB690 An Act relative to municipal assistance for clean water and economic development infrastructure SD1840 An Act relative to out-of-state contractors and sub-contractors SB768 An Act relative to public charity executive and board of directors compensation SB781 An Act relative to small claims SB852 An Act relative to social media privacy protection HB48 An Act relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Order relative to the adoption of permanent House Rules and Joint Rules for the 2013 and 2014 sessions of the General Court SB690 An Act relative to strengthening the anti-slapp law SB1183 An Act relative to the Architectural Access Board SB875 An Act relative to the creative economy SB734 An Act relative to the criminal history systems board HB756 An Act relative to the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act HB2137 An Act relative to the Plymouth nuclear power plant SB857 An Act relative to wage enforcement statutes of limitations SB793 An act to protect the Commonwealth's residents from identity theft HB2560 An Act to reduce the taxation of the deceased SB796 An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information HB56 Order relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 providing for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB2201 Resolve to create a fund to offset cost of converting freight elevators to federal and state ADA compliance SB1778 An Act delaying the implementation of a certain law relative to prescription drug distribution SB1327 An Act encouraging the development of new business in the Commonwealth HB3464 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents HB3491 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents HB3492 An Act financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents SB1812 An Act implementing the Affordable Care Act and providing further access to affordable health care HB57 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3514 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3522 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3539 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects SB1810 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects SB1813 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects SB1814 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB3400 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 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 HB3538 An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 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 HB1368 An Act relative to damages SB386 An Act relative to information technology producer responsibility SB359 An Act relative to plastic bag reduction SB1776 An Act relative to prescription drug distribution SB469 An Act relative to promoting patient access and affordability in treating eye and vision conditions HB3326 An Act relative to the adoption of permanent joint rules for the years 2013 and 2014 HB1736 An Act relative to the definition of an employee HB2507 An Act relative to the use tax HB3382 An Act relative to transportation finance HB3535 An Act relative to transportation finance HB1734 An Act relative to unemployment insurance HB1713 An Act relative to workers' compensation HB3526 An Act to ensure compliance with federal marketplace fairness HB313 An Act to established a special commission to study the economic impact of state regulatory law upon the manufacturing industry in Massachusetts HB948 An Act to expand coverage and access to behavioral health services HB979 An Act to provide coverage for hearing aids HB3438 An Act to reduce plastic pollution HB2016 House Order No. 2015, relative to Joint Rules governing the 2013-2014 legislative sessions, as amended by the House. January 23, 2013 HB3401 Printed as amended version of the Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements HB341 Resolv
e providing for a study of compulsory school attendance SB3 Text of the recommended amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 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 SB9 Text of the Senate amendment (Ethics and Rules), as amended to the House order relative to Joint Rules governing the 2013-2014 legislative sessions SB1770 Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill relative to transportation finance (being the text of Senate document, printed as amended) SB8 Text of the Senate amendment to the House order relative to Joint Rules governing the 2013-2014 legislative sessions SB1800 Text of the Senate amendments to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 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 HB2014 The Rules of the House of Representatives for the years 2013 and 2014, as amended and adopted by the House on January 23, 2013 HB49 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects HB1695 An Act relative to the definition of an employee HB41 An Act to support employers in the Commonwealth
Neutral None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $2,000.00
HB2932 An Act modifying the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard HB695 An Act preventing the disposal of hydraulic fracturing wastewater HB789 An Act protecting school children from environmental toxins HB1936 An act relative to genetically engineered food SB354 An Act relative to healthy families and businesses HB787 An Act relative to plastic bag reduction SB1605 An Act relative to the bottle bill HB2093 An Act relative to the labeling of food HB808 An Act relative to the labeling of genetically engineered food HB813 An Act relative to the labeling of seed SB1565 An Act requiring the timely adoption of greenhouse gas emission limits for the year 2030 HB2037 An Act to establish guidelines for genetically engineered food HB2984 An Act to expand the bottle bill HB733 An Act to prevent the use of the most dangerous pesticides HB742 An Act to prohibit the additional incineration of solid waste SB349 An Act to promote healthy communities and the environment HB801 An Act to promote the reduction of green house gas emissions and to reduce the use of fossil fuels for vehicles in the Commonwealth SB351 An Act to protect children and families from harmful flame retardants SB400 An Act to protect children from bisphenol-A HB788 An Act to protect our drinking water from hydraulic fracturing HB696 An Act to reduce plastic pollution HB694 An Act to regulate coal ash as solid waste HB706 An Act to regulate the incineration of solid waste SB357 An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products HB2942 An Act to update the bottle deposit system and lower the cost of recycling beverage containers in the Commonwealth HB2943 An Act updating the bottle bill SB1588 An Act updating the bottle bill Oppose None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $2,000.00
HB684 An Act relative to the Toxic Use Reduction Act HB707 An Act to regulate hydraulic fracturing HB803 An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products Support None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $2,000.00
Massachusetts Department of Education – Adult Basic Education Advisory Council Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Advisory Panel Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance Advisory Council Workers Compensation Advisory Council Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities- Electric & Gas Rate Cases Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council Massachusetts Board of Certification for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection- Greenhouse Gas Stakeholders Group Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Advisory Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection- Program Improvement and Fees Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Advisory Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - State Implementation Plan Air Quality Advisory Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection- Sewer Discharge Program Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Waste Site Clean Up Program Advisory Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – Stormwater Work Group Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – Regulatory Reform Committee Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection -DPH Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCP) Work Group Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – Organics Committee Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) Advisory Committee Massachusetts Water Management Act- Advisory Committee Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) - Toxic Reduction and Control Department Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environment (EEA) Energy Policy Review Commission Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs – Energy Policy Review Commission Massachusetts Office of Medicaid – Medical Care Advisory Committee Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Massachusetts Department of Fire Services – Chemical Safety Initiative Massachusetts Department of Revenue Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Coalition (MAMC) Neutral None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $2,000.00
DPU 12-100 through DPU 12-111 Energy Efficiency Plans Department of Public Safety – Hoisting Regulations DPU 12-126 Cost based rate design DPU 13-51 Presentation of Rates related to Environmental Public Policy DPU 13-73 Discount Electric and Gas Programs Support None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $7,000.00
Department of Public Safety – Elevator Regulations Department of Energy Resources – Comments relative to S-REC program Oppose None Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) $7,000.00
   Total amount $22,000.00
 
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
DateRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
01/29/2013 Attorney General Martha Coakley Committee State Attorney General $100.00
02/13/2013 John Keenan Committee State Representative, 7th Essex $100.00
02/26/2013 Ben Downing Committee State Senator, Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden $100.00
04/30/2013 Stan Rosenberg Committee State Senator, Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester $100.00
06/25/2013 Brad Jones Committee State Representative, 20th Middlesex $100.00
  Total contributions $500.00
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