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Table of Contents

• Governor Charlie Baker, 2015-2023
  • No. 600: Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services in the Commonwealth
  • No. 601: Rescinding Executive Order No. 600
  • No. 602: Establishing the Massachusetts Cyber Incident Response Team
  • No. 603: Rescinding Certain Executive Orders
• Governor Maura Healey, 2023-
  • No. 604: Establishing the Office Of Climate Innovation and Resilience Within the Office Of the Governor
  • No. 605: Establishing a Working Group to Envision the Creation of a Housing Secretariat
  • No. 606: Establishing the Governor's Council on Black Empowerment
  • No. 607: Rescinding Executive Order No. 595
  • No. 608: Establishing the Governor's Council on Latino Empowerment
  • No. 609: Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Services in the Commonwealth
  • No. 610: Reconstituting the Judicial Nominating Commission and Establishing a Code of Conduct for Commission Members and Nominees to Judicial Office
  • No. 611: Establishing the Governor's Council to Address Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Human Trafficking
  • No. 612: Instituting the Practice of Equity Assessment Government-Wide and Creating the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Increasing Equity Through Data
  • No. 613: Reaffirming and Establishing the Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services
  • No. 614: Establishing the Digital Accessibility and Equity Governance Board
  • No. 615: Promoting Access to Government Services and Information by Identifying and Minimizing Language Access Barriers
  • No. 616: Order Constituting the Supreme Judicial Nominating Commission
  • No. 617: Establishing the Governor's Youth Advisory Council
  • No. 618: Biodiversity Conservation in Massachusetts
  • No. 619: Eliminating the Purchase by the Executive Department of Single-Use Plastic Bottles
  • No. 620: Establishing the Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting
  • No. 621: Establishing the Housing Advisory Council
  • No. 622: Establishing the Commission on Unlocking Housing Production
  • No. 623: Identifying Opportunities for the Use of Surplus and Underutilized Land for Housing
  • No. 624: Establishing the Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office and the Advisory Council on Federal Funds and Infrastructure
  • No. 625: Establishing an Inter-Agency Task Force on Ensuring Affordable, High-Quality Child Care
  • No. 626: Creating the Governor's Transportation Funding Task Force
  • No. 627: Instituting Skills-Based Hiring Practices
  • No. 628: Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force
  • No. 629: Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force
  • No. 630: Establishing a Public Construction Projects Advisory Council
  • No. 631: Establishing a Cultural Policy Development Advisory Council
  • No. 632: Establishing a Labor Advisory Council
  • No. 633: Protecting Access to Emergency Abortion Care in Massachusetts
  • No. 634: Amendment to Executive Order 631
  • No. 635: Affirming and Reconstituting a State Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
  • No. 636: Reaffirming and Reconstituting a State Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
  • No. 637: Recognizing the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
  • No. 638: Promoting the Equitable Participation of Women and Underrepresented Groups in Construction
  • No. 639: Establishing a K-12 Statewide Graduation Council
  • No. 640: Creating the Position of Poet Laureate of Massachusetts
  • No. 641: Using Project Labor Agreements to Promote Successful Delivery of Major Projects
  • No. 642: Instituting Age-Friendly Practices
  • No. 643: Establishing the Governor’s Anti-Hunger Task Force
  • No. 644: Establishing the Advisory Commission on Advancing Research and Discovery in Massachusetts
  • No. 645: Establishing the Commission on PILOT for State-Owned Land
  • No. 646: Re-Establishing the Governor's Special Advisory Commission on Disability Policy
  • No. 647: Establishing the Governor's Competitiveness Council
  • No. 648: Establishing a Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange and Leadership in Defense
  • No. 649: Reestablishing The Seaport Economic Council
  • No. 650: Protecting Access to Essential Services and Keeping Massachusetts Communities Safe

Executive Order

Executive Order No. 607: Rescinding Executive Order No. 595

| Date: | 03/15/2023 |
| --- | --- |
| Issuer: | Maura Healey |
| Mass Register: | No. 1492 |
| Rescinding: | Executive Order No. 595 |

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On May 11, Governor Healey plans to rescind Executive Order 595 that required all Executive Branch state employees to have received their primary series COVID-19 vaccines.

WHEREAS, on August 19, 2021, Governor Charles D. Baker issued Executive Order No. 595, which implemented a requirement for vaccination against the 2019 novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) for the Commonwealth’s executive department employees;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595 has since served as a vital and successful tool for boosting vaccination rates and reducing the presence and severity of COVID-19 throughout the Commonwealth;

WHEREAS, following the issuance of Executive Order No. 595, the percentage of employees in the Commonwealth’s executive department fully vaccinated against COVID-19 grew from around 76% to over 99%;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595, and the Human Resources Division’s Vaccination Verification Policy promulgated under the authority of Executive Order No. 595, have substantially mitigated operational disruption to executive department offices and agencies caused by COVID-19, and ensured the government’s ability to provide the full measure of public services to the residents of the Commonwealth, all in the most equitable way possible;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595 encouraged, but did not require, independent agencies and authorities, public institutions of higher education, elected officials, other constitutional offices, the Legislature, and the Judiciary to adopt requirements for vaccination against COVID-19;

WHEREAS, other public and private sector employers throughout the Commonwealth adopted effective vaccination policies patterned on and consistent with Executive Order No. 595;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595 successfully boosted vaccine uptake across the Commonwealth by encouraging the adoption of similar policies outside of the executive department, and by signaling the importance, safety, and effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 to all Commonwealth residents;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595 has successfully reduced and mitigated countless infections, hospitalizations, and deaths resulting from COVID-19;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 595 has been a valuable and effective element of the Commonwealth’s overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was necessary and appropriate during the Commonwealth’s public health emergency;

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2023, the President of the United States announced that the nationwide public health emergency for COVID-19, declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, will end on May 11, 2023;

WHEREAS, on this day, March 15, 2023, I, Maura T. Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth, have declared that the Commonwealth’s public health emergency for COVID-19, declared by Governor Charlie Baker on May 28, 2021 pursuant to Section 2A of Chapter 17 of the General Laws, will end on May 11, 2023;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Maura T. Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, Part 2, c. 2, § I, Art. I, do hereby order as follows:

Executive Order No. 595 is rescinded, effective May 11, 2023.  The Human Resources Division shall take all administrative actions necessary and appropriate to carry out this directive.

Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston this 15th day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-three, and of the independence of the United States of America two hundred and forty-six.

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