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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
  • No. 651: Facilitating Safe and Affordable Single-Stair Multifamily Residential Buildings
  • No. 652: Ensuring Public Safety by Imposing a Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel in Certain Counties
  • No. 653: Amending Executive Order No. 652 to extend the temporary ban on motor vehicle travel to Dukes County

Executive Order

Executive Order No. 652: Ensuring Public Safety by Imposing a Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel in Certain Counties

| Date: | 02/23/2026 |
| --- | --- |
| Issuer: | Maura Healey |
| Amended by: | Executive Order No. 653 |

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WHEREAS, on February 22, 2026, I issued a proclamation declaring that a state of emergency exists within the Commonwealth;

WHEREAS, an immediate ban on non-essential motor vehicle travel in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties is necessary to meet this state of emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Maura T. Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, Part II, c. 2, § I, Art. I and Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950, do hereby order as follows:

Section 1.

Except as set out in Section 2, there shall be a ban on motor vehicle travel in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties effective immediately on February 23, 2026 and continuing until further notice by the Highway Administrator of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Section 2.

The motor vehicle travel ban shall not apply to:

• Public safety vehicles, sworn and civilian public safety personnel, including those providing services at correctional facilities, and private sector security personnel
• Public works vehicles and public works personnel, including contract personnel supporting public works operations
• Public transportation vehicles and public transportation personnel, including contract personnel supporting public transportation operations
• Government personnel conducting official business
• Utility company vehicles and personnel, including contract personnel supporting utility response and restoration efforts
• Personnel directly supporting storm response operations, including but not limited to emergency shelter personnel
• Personnel supporting human services facilities, including but not limited to residential housing programs and human services shelter operations
• Healthcare personnel, including but not limited to home healthcare personnel and personal care assistants
• Personnel delivering or supporting services at healthcare facilities, including those that provide long term care and mental health care, as well as hospitals and other healthcare facilities
• Vehicles and personnel providing critical supplies to healthcare facilities, including those that provide long term care and mental health care, as well as hospitals and other healthcare facilities
• News media
• Private sector snow removal equipment engaged in, or traveling in connection with the removal or clearance of snow and ice from public or private sector facilities
• Patients traveling for the purpose of receiving urgent critical care, and persons traveling with those patients who are necessary to facilitate that urgent critical care
• Travel necessary to maintain critical private sector facilities, services and operations, and to deliver or support critical private sector services and supplies in critical infrastructure sectors such as energy, fuel, financial systems, and the provision of critical commodities
• Travel to support business operations that provide critical services to the public, including gasoline stations, pharmacies, food stores and hardware stores

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