Executive Orders

Executive Orders Applicable or of Interest to UVA

All executive orders issued by Governor Northam are accessible on the Executive Actions page of the Governor's website

No.	Title	Effective	Expires
1	Equal Opportunity [replaces EO1 issued by Governor McAuliffe in 2014]	01/13/18	NA
6	Supporting the Critical Role of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in Protection of Virginia's Air, Water, and Public Health	04/03/18	NA
8	Designation of Executive Branch Officers and Employees Required to File Financial Disclosure Statements [replaces EO33 issued by Governor McAuliffe in 2014]	04/25/18	06/30/22
11	The Way Ahead for Virginia's Children: Establishing the Children's Cabinet	06/21/18	06/21/19
12	Parental Leave for Commonwealth Employees	06/25/18	NA
14	Development and Review of State Agency Regulations (Amended) [rescinds EO58 issued by Governor Gilmore in 1999]	07/16/18	06/30/22
16	Establishing an Inter-Agency Task Force on Worker Misclassification and Payroll Fraud	08/10/18	08/10/19
19	Cloud Service Utilization and Readiness [UVA exempt under Restructuring]	09/17/18	12/31/21
21	Establishing the Governor's Advisory Commission on Opiods and Addiction	09/26/18	09/26/19
22	Establishment of the Governor's Conservation Cabinet: A United Effort to Protect and Conserve Virginia's Natural Resources	10/04/18	NA
24	Increasing Virginia's Resilience to Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards	11/02/18	NA
25	Establishing the Governor's Affordable Housing Priorities to Address Virginia's Unmet Housing Needs	11/15/18	NA
27	Establishing the Virginia Complete Count Commission	12/18/18	12/18/19

Executive orders in effect issued by former Governors are available through the Library of Virginia website

No.	Title	Effective	Expires
2	Personnel Directive Prohibiting the Receipt of Certain Gifts; Establishment of Executive Branch Ethics Commission	01/11/14	NA
16	Establishing the Virginia Energy Council	06/04/14	NA
20	Advancing Equity for Small, Women, and Minority Owned Businesses [replaces EO33 issued by Governor Kaine in 2006]	07/22/14	NA
23	Establishing the New Virginia Economy Workforce Initiative	08/13/14	NA
26	Establishing the New Virginia Economy Strategic Plan and Steering Committee	08/27/14	NA
27	Facilitating Employee Workplace Giving and Volunteerism	09/11/14	NA
30	Marriage Equality in the Commonwealth of Virginia	10/07/14	NA
31	Conserving Energy and Reducing Consumption in the Commonwealth of Virginia	10/16/14	NA
40	Improving ABC Law Enforcement	03/25/15	NA
41	Implementation of "Ban the Box" Hiring Policies in the Commonwealth	04/03/15	NA
42	Establishing the Virginia Environmental Literacy Challenge	04/22/15	NA
46	Supporting Virginians with Disabilities in the New Virginia Economy	07/27/15	NA
47	Governor's Council on Youth Entrepreneurship	08/24/15	NA
49	Expanding Registered Apprenticeships in Virginia	10/06/15	NA
50	Executive Action to Prevent Gun Violence	10/15/15	NA
61	Equal Opportunity and Access for All Virginians in State Contracting and Public Services	01/05/17	NA
64	Advancing Virginia’s Preservation Stewardship	04/28/17	NA
65	Executive Order on Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly (the 2017 Appropriation Act)	05/12/17	NA
68	Establishing the Task Force on Public Safety Preparedness and Response to Civil Unrest	8/24/17	NA

Executive orders in effect issued by former Governors are available through the Library of Virginia website

No.	Title	Effective	Expires
1	Establishing the Chief Job Creation Officer and the Governor’s Economic Development and Job Creation Commission	01/16/10	NA
15	State Employee Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline	06/29/10	NA
25	Establishing the Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board	10/01/10	NA
41	Continuing Preparedness Initiatives in State Government and Affirmation of the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations Plan	09/30/11	NA
43	Continuing the Statewide Agencies Radio System (Stars)	12/09/11	NA
50	Promulgation of the 2012 Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations Plan	08/20/12	NA
52	State Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline	10/09/12	NA
55	Supporting Virginians with Disabilities in the Commonwealth's Workforce Importance of Employment for Virginians with Disabilities	11/16/12	NA

Executive orders in effect issued by former Governors are available through the Library of Virginia website

No.	Title	Effective	Expires
9	Ensuring Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries	01/30/06	Contingent on CMS action
10	Cabinet Responsibility for the Departments of Minority Business Enterprise	02/03/06	NA
41	Banning Smoking in State Offices and Vehicles	01/01/07	NA
42	Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Health Care	12/01/06	NA
43	Protecting the Security of Sensitive Individual Information in Executive Branch Operations	01/09/07	NA
44	Establishing Preparedness Initiatives in State Government	01/12/07	NA
50	Reporting Critical Safety Data to the Central Criminal Records Exchange	04/30/07	NA
60	Promulgation of the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations Plan	12/21/07	NA
92	Directing the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services of the Department of General Services to Accept and Store Physical Evidence Recovery Kits Received from Health Care Providers	09/30/09	NA
95	Establishing the Virginia Health Information Technology Advisory Commission	10/09/09	NA
109	Workplace Safety and Employee Health	01/08/10	NA

Executive orders in effect issued by former Governors are available through the Library of Virginia website

No.	Title	Effective	Expires
8	Establishing the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments	02/07/02	Continued by EO41 (03)
34	One Virginia, One Future: Establishing the Governor’s Economic Development Strategic Planning Council	09/09/02	NA
41	Rescinding and Reissuing Certain Executive Orders	01/27/03	NA
44	Supporting State Employees Who Are Called to Active Duty	03/26/03	NA
67	Creation of the Office of the Inspector General and Working Group on Budget Reform	04/20/04	NA
69	Virginia’s Secure Commonwealth Initiative	05/03/04	NA
75	Managing the Commonwealth’s Real Estate Holdings	06/22/04	NA
89	Purchase, Assignment and Use of State-Owned Vehicles	07/12/05	NA
102	Adoption of the National Incident Management System and Use of the National Preparedness Goal for Preventing, Responding to and Recovering from Crisis Events in the Commonwealth	11/01/05	NA