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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2016 - 12/31/2016

Authorizing Officer name	Nicholas J. Scobbo, Jr.
Title	President
Business name	Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, PC
Address	125 High St. 26th Floor
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02110
Country	US
Phone	617-737-1800

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Robert P Rodophele	$376,650.00
Total salaries paid	$376,650.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
7/1/2016-12/31/2016		Advertising expenses	$0.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Executibe Data Systems ($167.20); Frere 2 Technologies, LLC ($1,831.86)	Computer equipment, supplies	$1,999.06
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Massachusetts Bar Association ($410.00)	Professional dues	$410.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016		Fax charges	$0.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Cogent Communicaitions ($563.68); Comcast ($47.14); Paetec ($129.78)	Internet fees	$740.60
7/1/2016-12/31/2016		Legal fees	$0.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Federal Express ($64.68); Purchase Power ($101.11)	Postage, shipping, delivery	$165.79
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Staples Business Advantage ($136.80); Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation ($34.38); Image Tech ($1.12); U.S. Bank Equipment Finance ($930.26); USTeleCenters ($109.97)	Office supplies, equipment	$1,212.53
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Flagship Press, Inc. ($152.82)	Printing expenses	$152.82
7/1/2016-12/31/2016		Public relations expenses	$0.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	T.S. Boston Core Holdings & 125 Hgih Street, L.P.	Rent	$32,028.88
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	J. Daly ($3,664.29); L, Denoyelle ($11,126.41); S. Epps ($3,977.55); M. Frayler ($5,563.93); T. Kane ($6,626.53); N. Scobbo ($1,361.94); S. Vaughn ($682.79); M. Vhay ($1,500.00)	Office and support staff salaries	$34,503.44
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	West Group Payment Center ($1,949.05); LexisNexis Matthew Bender ($3.19); State House N\\ews Service ($1,456.02); News and Media Services, Inc. ($70.15); West Payment Center (Westlaw) ($136.55); Instatrac ($150.00)	Professional subscriptions	$3,764.96
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	City of Boston ($73.70); Federal Employment Taxes ($7,819.49)	Taxes	$7,893.19
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	New Horizons Communications ($17.73); AT&T Mobility ($1,004.06); Verizon Wireless ($231.13); Paetec ($98.58)	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$1,351.50
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Eversource Energy ($987.34); T.S. Boston Core Holdings & 125 High Street, L.P. ($1,057.66)	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$2,045.00
7/1/2016-12/31/2016	Por Shun, Inc. ($33.76); Social Law Library ($483.44); Iron Mountain ($933.74); The Insurance Library Association of Boston ($157.17); Travelers ($440.59); Wolf & Company ($257.00); Therese Riordan, CPA ($277.59); Aramark Refreshment Services ($42.13); LMA New Engalnd ($44.34); Legal Marketing Association ($7.08); Stonybrook Water Company ($41.50); IPFS Corporation ($2.757.89); Lawyers Diary & Manual, LLC ($8.30); ADP, LLC ($569.55); Blue Hills Bank ($76.95); T.S. Boston Core Holdings & 125 High St., L.P. ($178.75); Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company ($1,711.26); Harvard Pilgrin Health Care ($13,515.25); Unum ($9,101.11); Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, PC Retirement Plan ($9,406.91); Medicare ($2,338.80)	Other operating expenses	$42,383.11
		Total operating expenses	$128,650.88

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

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	3119	An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	697	An Act Relative to the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children’s products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2505	An Act promoting zero emission vehicle adoption	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3315	An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1139	An Act Relative to the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children’s products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2400	An Act to promote energy diversity (Sec. 24 relating zero emission vehicles)	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	702	An Act to create a framework to re-allocate responsibility for discarded products	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1841	An Act relative to autonomous vehicles	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2093	An Act to prohibit the use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3474	An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3810	An Act relative to motor vehicle repair notification	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Governor's Autonomous Vehicles Working Group (Exec. Order 572)	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	693	An Act establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1504	An Act relative to safe and efficient transportation systems	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2232	An Act relative to motor vehicle service contracts	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3383	An Act relative to the digital right to repair	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	397	An Act relative to healthy families and businesses	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Governor's Zero-Emissions Vehicles ("ZEV") Commission--Department of Energy Resources ("DOER")	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	258	An Act relative to motor vehicle service contracts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	536	An Act relative to motor vehicle service contracts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2273	An Act relative to automatic license plate readers	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2977	An Act relative to autonomous vehicles	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1989	An Act relative to vehicle recalls	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2372	An Act to promote energy diversity Amendment #68 Zero-Emissions Vehicles ("ZEV")	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2951	An Act relative to split-screen technology	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	177	An Act further regulating business practices between motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and distributers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	452	An Act relative to information technology producer responsibility	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	404	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Autonomous Vehicles Executive Office of Economic Development (21 st Century Transportation Network)	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	696	An Act for healthy families and businesses	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1815	An Act relative to hands free cell phone devices	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2110	An Act to prohibit the use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	756	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1872	An Act increasing the penalty for distracted driving	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2032	An Act to prohibit the use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3102	An Act relative to automatic license plate readers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3009	An Act to regulate license plate tracking	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2266	An Act promoting electric vehicle adoption	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	453	An Act for a competitive economy through safer alternatives to toxic chemicals	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4321	An Act relative to autonomous vehicles	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3068	An Act relative to safe driving	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1817	An Act to regulate the use of automatic license plate reader systems	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4282	An Act promoting electric vehicle adoption	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	222	An Act relative to clarification of the Massachusetts franchise law	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	493	An Act relative to motor vehicle service contracts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4322	An Act relative to automatic license plate readers	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Encore Capital Group

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	4194	An Act relative to family financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	146	An Act relative to family financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	804	An Act relative to family financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	n/s
Senate Bill	2230	An Act relative to family financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: united insurance company of america

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	24	An Act Relative to Unclaimed Property and Life Insurance	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	817	An Act relative to unclaimed life insurance benefits	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Council for Responsible Nutrition

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	3471	An Act regulating the sale of dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2023	An Act to prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 18	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	926	An Act relative to Massachusetts homeowners’ insurance rate filings	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	897	An Act relative to homeowner insurance	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	808	An Act to protect consumers of homeowner's insurance	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	918	An Act relating to Fire Insurance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	902	An Act ensuring fairness in deductible rates set by the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	813	An Act relative to payment for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4201	An Act Relative 2017 Appropriations (Sec. 89 relative to payment of ambulance services)	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: National Elevator Industry, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	1290	An Act Relative to Elevator Certification Fees	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Elevator Board- Elevator Code MA 524 CMR (as proposed) non-inclusion of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ("ASME") A17.2; A 17.3; A17.4; A17.5; A17.6; 7 A17.7; requirement of controllers in control room; prohibition of hydraulic elevator machines in hoistway	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Elevator Board -Elevator Code 17.7;self-attestation of repairs; one man testing	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4450	An Act Making Appropriations for 2017 (Sec. 37,98,100,101 &102 (elevator penalties)	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4505	Governor's Veto Message (Sec. 37,98,100 & 101)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Department of Public Safety--Civil fines	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Municipal Electric Association of Massachusetts

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2400	An Act to promote energy diversity Sec. 7 Energy Plan	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2400	An Act to promote energy diversity Section 13 Climate Plan (definitions)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1750	An Act relative to injury caused by poles, wires, and apparatus	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2190	An Act to further define employee safety	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3905	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government Sec. 239 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2430	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government (Sec. 231 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund)	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4385	An Act to promote energy diversity	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2410	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government (Sec. 230 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund)	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2748	An Act to provide immediate relief to ratepayers on electricity	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1800	An Act relative to energy efficiency funds generated by municipal lighting plants	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4779	An Act to further define employee safety	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4419	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government Sec. 209 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2904	An Act relative to energy efficiency funds generated by municipal light plants	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4565	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government (Sec. 238 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund)	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1776	An Act relative to municipal light plants	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Department of Energy Resources ("DOER") re: Clean Energy Standard Regulations (municipal light plant inclusion)	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2058	An Act providing for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4331	An Act to modernize municipal finance and government Sec.78 Other Post-Employment Benefits ("OPEB") Fund	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3854	An Act providing for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Department of Energy Resources ("DOER") Solar Incentive Program Regs. (municipal light plant inclusion)	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Feld Entertainment, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1695	An Act relative to participants in entertainment exhibitions	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	142	An Act to protect consumers in the issuance of sports and entertainment tickets	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	876	An Act relative to a private cause of action to prevent the cruel and inhumane treatment of animals	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	187	An Act relative to the fair distribution and pricing of event tickets	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	237	An Act to reform the issuance and sale of sports and entertainment tickets	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1801	An Act relating to the treatment of elephants	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1477	An Act relating to the humane treatment of elephants	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1274	An Act relating to the treatment of elephants	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Robert P Rodophele

Client: Wine Institute

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	247	An Act regulating the granting of temporary licenses for the sale of wine, beer, and malt liquor at auctions	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	255	An Act providing municipal control of liquor licenses	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	130	An Act to update the alcohol excise tax	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2916	An Act to expand the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2577	An Act increasing the excise tax on alcoholic beverages	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1777	An Act relative to conditional expansion of the bottle bill	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2875	An Act to increase recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	245	An Act relative to small brewers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1752	An Act to increase container recycling in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	166	An Act relative to donations of alcoholic beverages to non-profit organizations	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	153	An Act relative to alcohol transportation	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3096	An Act relative to carriers of property by motor vehicle	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	125	An Act relative to the sale of wine	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	159	An Act relative to the recorking of wine	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	238	An Act relative to termination of sales to wholesalers by suppliers of alcoholic beverages	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	199	An Act relative to the recorking of wine	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3242	An Act establishing the Genetic Engineering Transparency Food and Seed Labeling Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	190	An Act relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	239	An Act relative to the constitutionality of statutes in case of invalidation of any provision	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	144	An Act providing municipal control of liquor licenses	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00