{"id":"MA-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639 (Civil Defense Act), ss. 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A; G.L. c. 17, s. 2A","instrument":"Executive Order No. 591","title":"Declaration of a State of Emergency to Respond to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-10","effective":"2020-03-10 3:20 p.m., effective immediately","end":"Rescinded and state of emergency terminated 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2021 (COVID-19 Order No. 69 s. 3)","startDate":"2020-03-10","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["the Commonwealth","all agencies"],"clause":"I... do hereby declare that there now exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a STATE OF EMERGENCY. Pursuant to the powers granted to the Governor in Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 8A of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950, as amended, and other provisions of law, I shall from time to time issue recommendations, directives, and orders as circumstances require. This proclamation of a STATE OF EMERGENCY is effective immediately and shall remain in effect until notice is given, pursuant to my judgment, that the STATE OF EMERGENCY no longer exists.","enforcement":"Predicate for the sixty-nine COVID-19 Orders, each of which carried its own penalty clause (St. 1950, c. 639, s. 8; G.L. c. 40, s. 21D)","functions":["all functions (predicate)"],"notes":"Recites 91 presumed positive cases in the Commonwealth as of March 10, 2020; Mass. Register No. 591 page rendered from the Wayback capture of March 11, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/executive-orders/no-591-declaration-of-a-state-of-emergency-to-respond-to-covid-19","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200311154043/https://www.mass.gov/executive-orders/no-591-declaration-of-a-state-of-emergency-to-respond-to-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":467633,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-001","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, Executive Order No. 591 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MA-001)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-001","DUT-MA-012","MA-002","MA-003","MA-004","MA-005","MA-007","MA-006","MA-008","MA-010","MA-011","MA-012"]}