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Executive Order No. 652 · Feb 23, 2026

Ensuring Public Safety by Imposing a Temporary Ban on Motor Vehicle Travel in Certain Counties

Issued by Governor Maura Healey. Massachusetts Register No. 1569.

In brief

What it does: 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…

Why: On February 22, 2026, I issued a proclamation declaring that a state of emergency exists within the Commonwealth.

In the order’s own words, shortened. The full text is on mass.gov.

Read the order on mass.gov

From the Trial Court Law Libraries’ list of governors’ executive orders on mass.gov, as published there. Any order that later changes this one is listed there too.