Massachusetts Executive Orders by Subject Q-Z

Q

Subject	Executive Order
Quarter-design of - commemorating ratification of U.S. Constitution	EO 402

R

Subject	Executive Order
Radio communications	EO 40
Railroads	EO 107 EO 525
Rain-making, Artificial activities	EO 32 EO 33
Rain storm - state of emergency	EO 239
Rape, See sexual assault
Readiness Project	EO 489
Reagan, Ronald	EO 460
Recovery Zone Bonds	EO 514
Recycling	EO 180 EO 279
Refugees	EO 229 EO 257: Amended by EO 265; Revoked by EO 361 EO 265: Revoked by EO 361 EO 361 EO 503
Regional Competitive Councils	EO 446: Revised by EO 464 EO 464
Regulations	EO 145 EO 155 EO 168 EO 187 EO 384: Superseded by EO 485 EO 453 EO 485: Revoked and Superseded by EO 562 EO 562
Regulatory agencies	EO 85
Rehabilitation Advisory Council	EO 368
Rehabilitative Advisory Council	EO 374
Rent control	1 EO 93: Revoked by 1 EO 95
Rental assistance programs	EO 285
Reorganization of State Government, Task Force on the	EO 205
Resource Management Policy Council	EO 103
Review process-funding	EO 232
Ride sharing, See car pools
Right to Know (M.G.L. c.66 )	EO 75: Amended by EO 108
Rivers	EO 380
Roads	EO 457
Rules of construction - executive orders	1 EO 7: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Rural development	EO 391

S

Subject	Executive Order
Salary increase	1 EO 9: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Salem, MA	1 EO 65: Revoked by 1 EO 98
School readiness	EO 427
Schools. See also Education; Youth Violence	EO 83
Schools, public	EO 343: Revoked by EO 479 EO 479
School Choice, Governor's Advisory Commission	EO 308
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Advisory Council, Governor's	EO 513
Scrap materials	1 EO 64: Revoked by 1 EO 86
Scrap metal	1 EO 12: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 16: Revoked by 1 EO 86
Seabrook Nuclear Power Station	EO 303
Seaport Advisory Council	EO 376: Revoked and superseded by EO 564   EO 379 EO 386 EO 564 Revoked and superseded by EO 587 EO 587
Seaport development. See also fishing	EO 372: Revoked by EO 383
Seat belts - Use required in state-owned vehicles	EO 241
Self-driving cars	EO 572
September 11, 2001	EO 432
Septic System Regulatory Review Committee	EO 426
Service Alliance Commission	EO 400: Revoked and superseded by EO 472
Sewage	1 EO 24: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Sexual assault and abuse. See also Domestic violence	EO 437: Revoked and superseded by EO 450 EO 450: Revoked and superseded by EO 486 EO 486: Revoked and superseded by EO 563 EO 491 EO 563 Revoked and superseded by EO 586 EO 586
Sexual harassment	EO 200: Amended by EO 240 EO 240
Sexual orientation, non-discriminatory policies	EO 340 EO 341
Shipyard, Hingham	1 EO 24: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Sick leave bank, executive branch	EO 335
Simplex Wire and Cable Co.	1 EO 61: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Skills training and education, See Bay State Skills Commission and Corporation
Small business	EO 196: Revoked by EO 256 EO 255: Amended by EO 256 EO 453
Small business purchasing program	EO 523
Snow removal - vehicle exemption	EO 366
Social and Economic Opportunity Council	EO 121: Revoked by EO 158
Social Security Act	EO 49: Amended by EO 51 EO 51
Social services	EO 91 EO 536
SOMBA (State Office of Minority Business Assistance)	EO 124 EO 237
South Africa	EO 281: Revoked and superseded by EO 288 EO 288: Revoked by EO 359 EO 359: Revoked by EO 369 EO 369
South Coast Rail Corridor Plan	EO 525
South Weymouth Naval Air Station	EO 378
Southeast Asia Prisoners of War, Governor's Commission on	EO 97: Amended by EO 98 EO 98
Spanish-Speaking Americans, Governor's Task Force on	EO 69: Revoked by EO 137
Speed limit	1 EO 8: Amended by 1 EO 35 and 1 EO 56; Revoked by 1 EO 77 1 EO 35: Amended by 1 EO 56; Revoked by 1 EO 77 1 EO 56: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 77
Sports, See Physical Fitness
State agencies, hours of operation	1 EO 42: Amended by 1 EO 81; Revoked by 1 EO 98 1 EO 81: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State agencies, management review	EO 152
State agencies, regulations - impact on local government	EO 145
State agencies, regulations - simplify	EO 155
State and community college system	EO 310
State Building Code	EO 202: Amended by EO 210 and EO 220 EO 203 EO 210 EO 220
State buildings	EO 134
State Civil Defense Agency	EO 303
State contracts. See also Contracts	EO 74 EO 130 EO 195 EO 213 EO 390: Revoked and superseded by EO 524 EO 481 EO 524: Revoked and superseded by EO 565 EO 565
State Division of the Blind	EO 51
State employees	1 EO 44: Amended by 1 EO 57; Revoked by 1 EO 98 EO 214 EO 343: Revoked by EO 479 EO 479
State Employment Service	1 EO 97: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State facilities - visitation and non-discrimination	EO 341
State Farm, Bridgewater, MA	1 EO 9: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State funded proposals	EO 232
State government - reduction in size	EO 290
State government reorganization	EO 205
State guard	1 EO 59: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State House	1 EO 51: Revoked by 1 EO 98 EO 331: Revoked by EO 358 EO 358
State institutions, closure	EO 301: Revoked by EO 317 EO 317
State of emergency	EO 142 EO 239 EO 366 EO 432
State of emergency - Chelsea, MA	EO 225
State of emergency - Lawrence, MA	EO 381
State of emergency - Lynn, MA	EO 209
State of emergency - Methuen, MA	EO 381
State of emergency - Peabody, MA	EO 238
State offices	EO 134
State offices - closings	1 EO 85: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State pier - Bourne	1 EO 13: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State Police	1 EO 58: Revoked by 1 EO 98  1 EO 84: Revoked by 1 EO 98
State purchasing	EO 222
State Weather Amendment Board	EO 32
Strategic Planning, Executive Branch	EO 540
Student loan bonds, See Bond cap
Substance abuse and prevention	EO 467: Revoked and superseded by EO 496 EO 496
Sunday - permit to work during war effort	1 EO 6: Revoked by 1 EO 86
Sunday sales	EO 22
Sustainability	EO 438: Superseded by EO 484 EO 484
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.	1 EO 65: Revoked by 1 EO 98

T

Subject	Executive Order
Taunton State Hospital Advisory Committee	EO 197: Revoked by EO 383
Tax credit cap - low income rental housing	EO 270: Superseded by EO 271 and EO 291 EO 271: Superseded by EO 291 EO 291
Taxis	1 EO 11: Amended by 1 EO 76; Revoked by 1 EO 99
Teachers - Professional Development	EO 410
Technical and vocational education	EO 66: Amended by EO 79; Revoked by EO 138 EO 79: Revoked by EO 138 EO 138: Revoked by EO 252
Television, See Cable television
Terrorist attacks	EO 432 EO 469 EO 475: Superseded by EO 490 EO 476 EO 490 EO 493
Test car, See Motor vehicles
Thanksgiving Day	EO 45
Title 5	EO 426
Title XIX - Social Security Act	EO 49: Amended by EO 51
Tornado - Worcester, MA	EO 20
Transgender Equal Rights	EO 526 EO 527: Revoked and superseded by EO 559 EO 559
Transportation	1 EO 11: Amended by 1 EO 76; Revoked by 1 EO 99 1 EO 76: Revoked by 1 EO 99 EO 488 EO 530
Transportation, Governor's Advisory Council on	EO 57: Amended by EO 72 and EO 82 EO 72 EO 82
Travel ban	EO 555
Tuition remission (adoptees)	EO 417

U

Subject	Executive Order
Underground economy, Joint enforcement taskforce on	EO 499
Undocumented workers, use prohibited in state contracts	EO 481
Unemployment	EO 113 EO 561
Universities and colleges, closure and consolidation	EO 300: Superseded by EO 310
Unskilled workers, See Worker training
Upper Cape Water Supply Commission	EO 414
U.S. Air Force	EO 28
Utilities, See Department of Public Utilities ; Electricity ; Natural gas ; Public utilities

V

Subject	Executive Order
Vacation Leave, Donation of	EO 520
Value Analysis and Engineering, Executive Council for	EO 47 EO 56
Vendor contracts	EO 195
Veterans. See also Korean War Veterans ; Vietnam Veterans	EO 82: Revoked by 1 EO 99 EO 18 EO 19 EO 162: Amended by EO 177; Revoked by EO 278 EO 177: Revoked by EO 278 EO 278: Revoked by EO 363 EO 363
Veterans' businesses	EO 546: Revoked and superseded by EO 565 EO 565
Veterans' education and training	1 EO 73: Amended by 1 EO 82; Revoked by 1 EO 99 1 EO 82: Revoked by 1 EO 99 EO 19
Veterans' employment	1 EO 97: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Veterans' loans	1 EO 74: Revoked by 1 EO 86 2 EO 18
Veterans' services	EO 483 EO 538: Revoked and superseded by EO 573 EO 573
Vietnam Veterans	EO 97: Amended by EO 98 EO 98 EO 116: Amended by EO 224; Revoked by EO 452 EO 117: Amended by EO 224; Revoked by EO 452 EO 224: Amended by EO 235 EO 235: Amended by EO 253; Revoked by EO 452 EO 253: Revoked by EO 452
Vocational education. See also Disabled persons	EO 66: Amended by EO 79; Revoked by EO 138 EO 79: Revoked by EO 138 EO 138: Revoked by EO 252 EO 252
Vocational rehabilitation	EO 368
Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission	EO 50
Volunteer involvement, See Community Service Commission ; State employees

W

Subject	Executive Order
Wampanoags	EO 126
War Damage Corporation, Federal	1 EO 28: Revoked by 1 EO 98 1 EO 29: Revoked by 1 EO 86
War effort	1 EO 16: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 53: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 62: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 64: Revoked by 1 EO 86
War materials	1 EO 5: Revoked by 1 EO 98 1 EO 6: Revoked by 1 EO 86
War supplies	1 EO 71: Revoked by 1 EO 86
Water, clean. See also Hot water tanks	EO 360
Water Resources Commission	EO 149
Water - sales	1 EO 43: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Water - supply to GE plant in Lynn, MA	1 EO 17: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Water - Upper Cape	EO 414
Weddings	1 EO 20: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Welfare, See Department of Public Welfare
Welfare assistance	1 EO 32: Revoked by 1 EO 86 1 EO 38: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Welfare services	EO 5
Western MA	EO 29 EO 30
Westfield River	EO 380
Weymouth Back River	1 EO 34: Revoked by 1 EO 99
Women	EO 81: Amended by EO 92; Revoked by EO 119 EO 92: Revoked by EO 119 EO 119: Revoked by EO 136 and EO 230 EO 136: Revoked by EO 156 EO 156: Amended by EO 161; Revoked by EO 230 EO 161 EO 218 EO 230: Revoked by EO 274 EO 274: Revoked by EO 306 and EO 313 EO 313 EO 390: Revoked and superseded by EO 524 EO 524: Revoked and superseded by EO 565 EO 565
Woodlands, See Forests
Worcester, MA - bridge	1 EO 60: Revoked by 1 EO 98
Worcester, MA - tornado	EO 20
Work Programs	EO 113
Worker training	EO 428
Workers' compensation, See Industrial Accident Board
Workforce development	EO 560
Workforce Investment Board	EO 413: Amended by EO 430 EO 430
Workplace Violence	EO 442

Y

Subject	Executive Order
Year 2000 compliance	EO 408
Youth Council, Governor's Statewide	EO 501
Youth, mentally ill	EO 244
Youth mentoring	EO 423
Youth Task Force on the Environment	EO 73
Youth violence	EO 406 EO 534

Last updated:	May 20, 2019