Massachusetts Executive Orders by Subject Q-Z

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

Table of Contents

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
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 UtilitiesElectricityNatural gasPublic 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
Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission EO 50
Volunteer involvement - See Community Service CommissionState employees  

W

Subject Executive Order
Wampanoags EO 126
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

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

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Last updated: January 26, 2024

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