Executive Orders

Addendum to EO 01-20: Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. and continuing in full force and effect until April 6, 2020, any restaurant, bar, or establishment that offers food or drink shall not permit on-premises consumption of food or drink; provided however, such establishments may continue to offer food for take-out and by delivery. On or before April 6, 2020, the Governor, in consultation with the Vermont Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety/Division of Emergency Management shall assess the emergency and determine whether to amend or extend this Order as it relates to restaurants, bars, or establishments that offer food or drink.

This Addendum updates Executive Order 01-20 to prohibit all non-essential mass gatherings to the lesser of fifty (50) people or fifty percent (50%) of the occupancy of a facility at the same time for social, recreational or entertainment activities, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, cafeteria, theater, bar, restaurant, gym or any other confined indoor or confined outdoor space.

Gubernatorial Directive 1 - To all School Boards and Superintendents for Continuity of Education Planning

Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency in Vermont in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ordering initial mitigation provisions to slow the spread of the virus.

The Executive Order establishes the Vermont 2020 Complete Count Committee. The Committee shall identify barriers that may impede the full participation of Vermonters in the 2020 Census and shall develop, recommend and assist in the administration of an outreach action plan designed to overcome these barriers and to ensure as complete a count as possible of Vermont’s population in the 2020 Census.

This Executive Order formally constitutes the Brownfields Economic Revitalization Alliance (BERA) Program, to coordinate, utilize and deploy all available federal, State, private sector, and volunteer and nongovernmental agency resources, including funding, in the remediation, permitting and redevelopment coordination of BERA Program designated properties.

The Drug Utilization Review Board created by this Executive Order shall be a continuation and successor to the Board established by Executive Order No. 08-10 (codified at Executive Order No. 33-20), dated September 8, 2010.

This Executive Order supersedes and replaces Executive Order 04-13 (codified as Executive Order No. 20-48) and reconstitutes the Governor's Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council.