Table of Contents   for the law library, Massachusetts Executive Orders 500-599

• Governor Deval Patrick, 2007-2015
  • No. 500: Order reconstituting the Judicial Nominating Commission and establishing a Code of Conduct for commission members and nominees to judicial office 
  • No. 501: Creating the Governor's Statewide Youth Council 
  • No. 502: Establishing the Plymouth, Massachusetts 400th Anniversary Commission 
  • No. 503: Integrating immigrants and refugees into the Commonwealth 
  • No. 504: Order regarding the security and confidentiality of personal information 
  • No. 505: Creating the Governor's Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet 
  • No. 506: Establishing the Governor's Task Force on Public Integrity 
  • No. 507: Reestablishing the Governor's Commission on Mental Retardation 
  • No. 508: Designating the Highway Safety Division within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security as the Commonwealth's State Highway Safety Agency 
  • No. 509: Establishing nutrition standards for food purchased and served by state agencies 
  • No. 510: Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Executive Department's information technology systems 
  • No. 511: Establishing the Massachusetts Employee Safety and Health Advisory Committee 
  • No. 512: Implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 2000, P.L. 106-402 
  • No. 513: Establishing the Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Advisory Council 
  • No. 514: Providing for the allocation of volume cap for recovery zone bonds 
  • No. 515: Establishing an environmental purchasing policy 
  • No. 516: Providing for the allocation of volume cap for qualified energy conservation bonds 
  • No. 517: Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the executive departments 
  • No. 518: Reestablishing the Building Code Coordinating Council 
  • No. 519: Establishing the Office of Access and Opportunity Within the Executive Office of Administration and Finance 
  • No. 520: Leave for Commonwealth employees to assist relatives in Haiti 
  • No. 521: Renaming the Governor's Commission on Mental Retardation to be the Governor’s Commission on Intellectual Disability 
  • No. 522: Reestablishing a Juvenile Justice Plan for Massachusetts 
  • No. 523: Establishing the Massachusetts small business purchasing program 
  • No. 524: Establishing the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Program 
  • No. 525: Implementation of the South Coast Rail Corridor Plan 
  • No. 526: Order regarding non-discrimination, diversity, equal opportunity, and affirmative action 
  • No. 527: Establishing the Office of Access and Opportunity Within the Executive Office of Administration and Finance 
  • No. 528: Establishing an anti-fraud, waste, and abuse task force 
  • No. 529: Establishing the Massachusetts Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission 
  • No. 530: Establishing a commission for the reform of community, social service and paratransit transportation services in the Commonwealth 
  • No. 531: Consolidating Executive Department large scale print, copy and mail operations 
  • No. 532: Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Executive Department's information technology systems 
  • No. 533: Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Executive Department procurements and establishing a municipal procurement program 
  • No. 534: Providing coordinated emergency intervention for youth-at-risk 
  • No. 535: Establishing the Public Market Commission 
  • No. 536: Establishing the Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2008 Provider and Consumer Advisory Council 
  • No. 537: Strengthening the level of partnership and collaboration between state government and cities and towns 
  • No. 538: Re-establishing a Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services 
  • No. 539: Establishing a commission for public housing sustainability and reform 
  • No. 540: Improving the performance of state government by implementing a comprehensive strategic planning and performance management framework in the executive departments 
  • No. 541: Establishing the Commonwealth's Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force 
  • No. 542: Establishing the Governor's Council for Innovation 
  • No. 543: Implementing integrated facilities management in the Commonwealth 
  • No. 544: Motor vehicle traffic ban 
  • No. 545: Rescinding travel ban 
  • No. 546: Establishing the Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business Enterprise Program 
  • No. 547: Renaming of the Massachusetts Military Reservation to Joint Base Cape Cod 
  • No. 548: Establishing a Cross-Secretariat Task Force on School Safety and Security 
  • No. 549: Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Executive Department's information technology systems 
  • No. 550: Establishing a Task Force on Successful Women in the Workplace 
  • No. 551: Establishing a Commission to Study Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys and Public Defenders 
  • No. 552: Executive Order on environmental justice 
  • No. 553: Establishing the Massachusetts Percent for Art Program and the Public Art Commission 
• Governor Charlie Baker, 2015-2023
  • No. 554: Creating the Community Compact Cabinet 
  • No. 555: Ensuring Public Safety by Imposing a Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel 
  • No. 556: Partial Rescission of the Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel 
  • No. 557: Final Recession of the Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel 
  • No. 558: Reconstituting the Judicial Nominating Commission and Establishing a Code of Conduct for Commission Members and Nominees to Judicial Office 
  • No. 559: Establishing the Office of Access and Opportunity with the Office of the Governor 
  • No. 560: Creating the Workforce Skills Cabinet 
  • No. 561: Establishing a State Task Force on Economic Opportunity for Populations Facing Chronically High Rates of Unemployment 
  • No. 562: To Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory Burden 
  • No. 563: Re-Launching the Governor's Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
  • No. 564: Establishing the Seaport Economic Council 
  • No. 565: Reaffirming and Expanding the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Program 
  • No. 566: Order constituting the Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission 
  • No. 567: To ensure proper review of the regulation of professional licensing by independent boards 
  • No. 568: Establishing a zero tolerance policy for human trafficking and related activities 
  • No. 569: Establishing an Integrated Climate Change Strategy for the Commonwealth 
  • No. 570: Reaffirming and Expanding the Plymouth, Massachusetts 400th Anniversary Commission 
  • No. 571: Rescinding Executive Order No. 455 
  • No. 572: To Promote the Testing and Deployment of Highly Automated Driving Technologies 
  • No. 573: Reaffirming and Restructuring the Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Servcies 
  • No. 574: Establishing the Massachusetts Digital Healthcare Council 
  • No. 575: Establishing the Black Advisory Commission 
  • No. 576: Launching the Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts 
  • No. 577: Establishing the Latino Advisory Commission 
  • No. 578: Reaffirming and Restructuring the Governor's Task Force on Hate Crimes 
  • No. 579: Establishing the Commission on the Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth 
  • No. 580: Amendment to Executive Order 579 
  • No. 581: Establishing the Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning 
  • No. 582: Ensuring Access to Skilled Labor By Varying The Terms of Plumbing Licensure in the Commonwealth 
  • No. 583: Establishing the Massachusetts Large Venue Security Task Force 
  • No. 584: Ensuring Access to Skilled Labor by Varying the Terms of Plumbing Licensure in the Commonwealth 
  • No. 585: Reaffirming and Restructuring the Massachusetts Digital Healthcare Council 
  • No. 586: Reaffirming and Reconstituting the Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
  • No. 587: Updating And Expanding The Seaport Economic Council 
  • No. 588: Rescinding Executive Orders 504 and 549 (data security) 
  • No. 589: Merged Market Advisory Council 
  • No. 590: Establishing a Statewide Independent Living Council 
  • No. 591: Order constituting the Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission 
  • No. 592: Advancing Workforce Diversity, Inclusion, Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action 
  • No. 593: To Promote Timely And Efficient Reciprocal Licensing For Military Families Licensed In Certain Occupations And Professions 
  • No. 594: Leading By Example: Decarbonizing and Minimizing Environmental Impacts of State Government 
  • No. 595: Implementing a requirement for COVID-19 vaccination for the Commonwealth's executive department employees 
  • No. 596: Establishing the Commission on Clean Heat 
  • No. 597: Commonwealth's Response to and Condemnation of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 
  • No. 598: Reaffirming and Reconstituting a Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind 
  • No. 599: Reaffirming Programs to Ensure Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Diverse and Small Massachusetts Businesses in State Procurement and Contracting