Massachusetts Executive Orders by Subject Q-Z

An index to Executive Orders compiled by the Trial Court Law Libraries

Q

Subject	Executive Order
Quarter, Design of Mass. - 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 EO 265 EO 361 EO 503
Regional Competitive Councils	EO 446 EO 464
Regulations	EO 145 EO 155 EO 168 EO 187 EO 384 EO 453 EO 485 EO 562
Regulatory agencies	EO 85
Rehabilitation Advisory Council	EO 368 EO 598 EO 635 EO 636
Rehabilitative Advisory Council	EO 374
Rent control	1 EO 93  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
Right to Know (MGL c.66)	EO 75 EO 108
Rivers	EO 380
Roads	EO 457
Rules of construction - executive orders	1 EO 7  1 EO 99
Rural development	EO 391
Russian invasion of Ukraine	EO 597

S

Subject	Executive Order
Salary increase	1 EO 9 1 EO 98
Salem, City of	1 EO 65 1 EO 98
School readiness	EO 427
Schools See also: Education; Youth violence	EO 83
Schools, Public	EO 343 EO 479
School Choice, Governor's Advisory Commission on	EO 308
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Advisory Council, Governor's	EO 513
Scrap materials	1 EO 64 1 EO 86
Scrap metal	1 EO 12 1 EO 16 1 EO 86
Seabrook Nuclear Power Station	EO 303
Seaport Advisory Council	EO 376 EO 379 EO 386 EO 564 EO 587
Seaport development See also, Fishing	EO 372 EO 383
Seat belts - use required in state-owned vehicles	EO 241
Security - large venues	EO 583
Self-driving cars	EO 572 EO 603
September 11, 2001	EO 432
Septic System Regulatory Review Committee	EO 426
Service Alliance Commission	EO 400 EO 472
Sewage	1 EO 24 1 EO 99
Sexual assault and abuse See also, Domestic violence	EO 437 EO 450 EO 486 EO 563 EO 491 EO 563 EO 586 EO 611
Sexual harassment	EO 200 EO 240
Sexual orientation - non-discriminatory policies	EO 340 EO 341
Shipyard, Hingham	1 EO 24 1 EO 99
Sick leave bank - Executive Branch	EO 335
Simplex Wire and Cable Co.	1 EO 61 1 EO 98
Skills training and education - See Bay State Skills Commission and Corporation
Small business	EO 196 EO 255  EO 256 EO 453
Small business purchasing program	EO 523 EO 599
Snow removal - vehicle exemption	EO 366
Social and Economic Opportunity Council	EO 121 EO 158
Social Security Act	EO 49 EO 51
Social services	EO 91 EO 536
SOMBA (State Office of Minority Business Assistance)	EO 124 EO 237
South Africa	EO 281 EO 288 EO 359 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 EO 98
Spanish-Speaking Americans, Governor's Task Force on	EO 69 EO 137
Speed limit	1 EO 8 1 EO 35 1 EO 56 1 EO 86 1 EO 77
State agencies - hours of operation	1 EO 42 1 EO 81 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 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 EO 481 EO 524 EO 565 EO 599
State Division of the Blind	EO 51
State employees	1 EO 44  1 EO 57 1 EO 98 EO 214 EO 343 EO 479
State Employment Service	1 EO 97 1 EO 98
State facilities - visitation and non-discrimination	EO 341
State Farm, Bridgewater, MA	1 EO 9 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 1 EO 98
State House	1 EO 51  1 EO 98 EO 331 EO 358
State institutions - closure	EO 301 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 1 EO 98
State Pier, Bourne	1 EO 13  1 EO 98
State Police	1 EO 58 1 EO 84 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 EO 496
Sunday - permit to work during war effort	1 EO 6  1 EO 86
Sunday sales	EO 22
Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission	EO 566 EO 591 EO 603 EO 616
Sustainability	EO 438 EO 484 EO 594
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.	1 EO 65 1 EO 98

T

Subject	Executive Order
Taunton State Hospital Advisory Committee	EO 197 EO 383
Tax credit cap - low income rental housing	EO 270 EO 271 EO 291
Taxis	1 EO 11 1 EO 76  1 EO 99
Teachers - professional development	EO 410
Technical and vocational education	EO 66 EO 79 EO 138 EO 252
Television - See Cable television
Terrorist attacks	EO 432 EO 469 EO 475 EO 476 EO 490 EO 493
Thanksgiving Day	EO 45
Title 5	EO 426
Title XIX - Social Security Act	EO 49 EO 51
Tornado - Worcester, MA	EO 20
Transgender equal rights	EO 526 EO 527 EO 559 EO 592
Transportation	1 EO 11 1 EO 76 1 EO 99 EO 488 EO 530
Transportation, Commission on the Future of, in the Commonwealth	EO 579 EO 580 EO 603
Transportation, Governor's Advisory Council on	EO 57 EO 72 EO 82
Transportation Funding Task Force, Governor's	EO 626
Travel ban	EO 555 EO 556 EO 557
Tuition remission (adoptees)	EO 417

U

Subject	Executive Order
Ukraine, Invasion of	EO 597
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 of	EO 300  EO 310
Unlocking Housing Production, Commission on	EO 622
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
Vaccination - COVID-19	EO 595 EO 607
Value Analysis and Engineering, Executive Council for	EO 47 EO 56
Vendor contracts	EO 195
Veterans See also, Korean War veterans; Vietnam veterans	1 EO 82 1 EO 99 EO 18 EO 19 EO 162 EO 177 EO 278 EO 363
Veterans' businesses	EO 546 EO 565 EO 599
Veterans' education and training	1 EO 73 1 EO 82 1 EO 99 EO 19
Veterans' employment	1 EO 97 1 EO 98
Veterans' loans	1 EO 74  1 EO 86 EO 18
Veterans' services	EO 483 EO 538 EO 573 EO 613
Vietnam veterans	EO 97 EO 98 EO 116 EO 117 EO 224 EO 235 EO 253 EO 452
Vocational education See also, Disabled persons	EO 66 EO 79 EO 138 EO 252
Vocational rehabilitation	EO 368 EO 635
Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission	EO 50
Volunteer involvement - See Community Service Commission; State employees

W

Subject	Executive Order
Wampanoags	EO 126 EO 637
War Damage Corporation, Federal	1 EO 28 1 EO 29 1 EO 86 1 EO 98
War effort	1 EO 16 1 EO 53 1 EO 62 1 EO 64 1 EO 86
War materials	1 EO 5 1 EO 6 1 EO 86 1 EO 98
War supplies	1 EO 71  1 EO 86
Water, Clean See also, Hot water tanks	EO 360
Water Resources Commission	EO 149
Water - sales	1 EO 43 1 EO 99
Water - supply to GE plant in Lynn, MA	1 EO 17 1 EO 98
Water - Upper Cape	EO 414
Weddings	1 EO 20 1 EO 99
Welfare - See Department of Public Welfare
Welfare assistance	1 EO 32 1 EO 38  1 EO 86 1 EO 98
Welfare services	EO 5
Western MA	EO 29 EO 30
Westfield River	EO 380
Weymouth Back River	1 EO 34 1 EO 99
Women	EO 81 EO 92 EO 119 EO 136 EO 156 EO 161 EO 218 EO 230 EO 274 EO 306 EO 313 EO 390 EO 524 EO 565 EO 599 EO 638
Woodlands - See Forests
Worcester, MA - bridge	1 EO 60 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 EO 430
Workplace violence	EO 442

Y

Subject	Executive Order
Year 2000 compliance	EO 408
Youth Advisory Council, Governor's	EO 617
Youth Council, Governor's Statewide	EO 501 EO 617
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:	December 23, 2024