{"id":"MA-048","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A; G.L. c. 17, s. 2A","instrument":"COVID-19 Order No. 69","title":"Order Announcing the Termination of the March 10, 2020 State of Emergency and Rescinding COVID-19 Executive Orders Issued Pursuant to the Massachusetts Civil Defense Act","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-05-29 12:01 a.m. (rescissions); 2021-06-15 12:01 a.m. (termination of the state of emergency)","end":"Self-executing","startDate":"2021-05-29","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["all persons and entities subject to the COVID-19 Orders","DLS, DPH, EEA and other rule-issuing agencies"],"clause":"Effective at 12:01 am on May 29, 2021, all COVID-19 Orders that have issued above my signature and pursuant to the Civil Defense Act since my March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency are rescinded in full unless specifically identified in section 2 of this Order as continued until June 15, 2021. Effective at 12:01 am on May 29, 2021, all rules, restrictions, and limitations issued by the Department of Labor Standards, Department of Public Health, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, or any other agency or commission authorized by prior COVID-19 Order to issue rules and policies implementing the provisions of the above rescinded Orders, including COVID-19 workplace safety rules, shall likewise be rescinded and have no further effect. Public Health Orders that have been issued by the Commissioner of Public Health acting on her authority pursuant to section 2A of chapter 17 of the General Laws are not withdrawn or rescinded by this Order... Effective at 12:01 am on June 15, 2021, the declaration that I issued on March 10, 2020 pursuant to the Civil Defense Act and Section 2A of Chapter 17 of the General Laws is rescinded and the state of emergency initiated by that declaration is terminated with respect to both statutes.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["end of the general business restrictions; continuation of Orders No. 1, 24, 26, 36, 42, 49, 50 s. 1 and 61 to June 15, 2021"],"notes":"Recital: \u0027a brief continuation of certain COVID-19 Orders for some interim period will be necessary to accommodate an orderly transition from special State-wide measures implemented over the past 15 months by executive order to more permanent measures instituted through the regular means of government.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-69/download","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210603092815/https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-69/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":975768,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-048","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 69 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. MA-048)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-003","DUT-MA-016","DUT-MA-017","DUT-MA-022","DUT-MA-033","DUT-MA-001","SEC-06-GM-041","SEC-17-GM-091","SEC-17-GM-094","SEC-21-GM-029","SEC-21-GM-030","SEC-21-GM-031"]}