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Executive orders are mandates from the governor. Some executive orders in the past have created new commissions, councils, task forces and committees; issued and allocated bonds; authorized permit issuance; etc.

Electronic Notification of Executive Order Updates

John Bel Edwards

Effective Date	Promulgating Agency	Emergency Rule
03/03/2021	Department of Health	Emergency Telemedicine
03/17/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
03/04/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Poverty Point Reservoir Netting Season Extension
03/04/2021	Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River	General Provisions and Standards of Conduct
03/11/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Bulletins 111 and 741--LEAP 2025 High School Assessments
03/10/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	2021 Commercial Large Coastal Shark Season Adjustment
03/23/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Opening of Shrimp Season in Portions of State Outside Waters
03/22/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Physical Distance between Students in Classrooms
03/31/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Reopening School Facilities
04/20/2021	Department of Health	Reimbursement for Vaccine Administration during a Declared Public Health Emergency
03/01/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency--Home and Community-Based Services Waivers and Long-Term Personal Care Services
04/21/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Bulletin 140—Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network
04/28/2021	Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners	Teletherapy Guidelines for Licensees
04/29/2021	Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River	Standards of Conduct
04/02/2021	Workforce Commission	Emergency Rule—State Income Tax Withholding from Unemployment Insurance Benefits
05/04/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Shrimp Season Reopening in Portion of State Outside Waters
05/06/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Opening of 2021 Spring Inshore Shrimp Season
05/03/2021	Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners	License Renewal
05/12/2021	Department of Agriculture and Forestry	Suspension of Standard Fuel Specifications for Gasoline And Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends
05/12/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Minimum Reopening Standards
05/18/2021	Deferred Compensation Commission	Administration and Distributions
05/21/2021	Department of Agriculture and Forestry	Suspension of Standard Fuel Specifications for Gasoline And Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends
06/01/2021	Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners	Teletherapy Guidelines for Licensees
05/28/2021	Department of Agriculture and Forestry	Suspension of Standard Fuel Specifications for Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends
06/09/2021	Department of State	Opportunity to Cure Deficiencies in Absentee By Mail Ballots
06/19/2021	Department of Health	Abortion Facilities—Licensing Standards
07/13/2021	Department of Health	Emergency Telemedicine
07/16/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
06/22/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
06/25/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Closure of Spring Inshore Shrimp Season in a Portion of State Inside Waters (Biloxi Marsh Area)
06/28/2021	Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Bulletin 746―Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel
06/29/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Closure of Spring Inshore Shrimp Season in Remaining State Inside Waters
07/20/2021	Office of State Uniform Payroll	Temporary Extension of Time Period to Meet the Minimum Participation Level for Certain Approved Statewide Vendors
07/06/2021	Workforce Commission	Income Scale used for Financial Needs and Budgetary Analysis Tests
08/19/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
07/12/2021	Board of Veterinary Medicine	Continuing Veterinary Education
08/01/2021	Department of Children and Family Services	TANF NRST Benefits and Post-FITAP Transitional Assistance
08/01/2021	Department of Children and Family Services	Sanctions and Child Placing Supervisory Visits – Residential
08/05/2021	Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Fall Inshore Shrimp Season Opening Dates
08/09/2021	Department of Insurance	Emergency Rule 46—Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
08/23/2021	Department of Health	Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency--Home and Community-Based Services Waivers and Long-Term Personal Care Services
08/12/2020	Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity	Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (GUMBO)
01/01/2022	Testing dates	test

2021

2021 Executive Orders

JBE 21-01
Flags at Half-Staff--Percy Joseph "P.J." Mills, Jr.

JBE 21-02
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2020

JBE 21-03
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2020--Amending JBE 21-02

JBE 21-04
Flags at Half-Staff--Stephen Frank "Steve" Carter

2020

2020 Executive Orders

JBE 20-01
Offender Labor--Jetson

JBE 20-02
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2019

JBE 20-03
Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Revitalization

JBE 20-04
Flags at Half-Staff—Dudley Anthony “Butch” Gautreaux, Jr.

JBE 20-05
Work and Career Development Requirements for ABAWD Snap Participants
Rescinding Executive Order Number JBE 2016-12

JBE 20-06
Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission
Amending Executive Order Number JBE 19-20

JBE 20-07
Governor’s Advisory Council on Disability Affairs
Amending Executive Order Number 16-10

JBE 20-08
Statewide Independent Living Council
Amending Executive Order Number 16-14

JBE 20-09
Flags at Half-Staff—Clifton Russell Richardson

Flags at Half-Staff—Reggie Paul Bagala

Flags at Half-Staff—Sergeant Glenn Hutto

Flags at Half-Staff—Peace Officers Memorial Day

Flags at Half-Staff—Trooper George Baker

Flags at Half-Staff—Ernest Durham Wooton

Flags at Half-Staff—Ronald Jude "Ron" Landry

Flags at Half-Staff—United States Representative John Lewis

Flags at Half-Staff—Frank Alden "Frankie" Howard

JBE 20-18
Climate Initiatives Task Force

Coastal Resilience

Flags at Half-Staff—Former Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.

Small Purchase Procedures

Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement

Flags at Half-Staff—Victor and Terry Stelly

Flags at Half-Staff—Luke Letlow

2019

2019 Executive Orders

JBE 19-01
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2018

JBE 19-02
Offender Labor

JBE 19-03
Suspension of Early Voting

JBE 19-04
Protecting Health Coverage in Louisiana Task Force

JBE 19-05
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Dr. Donald Elliott “Doc” Hines

JBE 19-06
Louisiana Highly Automated Large Air Craft Systems (L-UAS) Commission Labor

JBE 19-07
Licensed Bed Capacity for Nursing Homes

JBE 19-08
DOTD Disaster Relief for Vehicles, Trucks and Loads

JBE 19-09
Hurricane Barry--Emergency Temporary Suspension of Licensure Requirements for Medical Professionals and Personnel Licensed Out-of-State and Emergency Medical Technicians Licensed Out-of-State

JBE 19-10
Bond Allocation 2019 Ceiling

JBE 19-11
Protecting Health Coverage in Louisiana Task Force--Amending Executive Order Number JBE 19-4

JBE 19-12
Emergency Operations Plan

JBE 19-13
Flags at Half-Staff--Theodore “Ted” Jones

JBE 19-14
Flags at Half-Staff--Former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco

JBE 19-15
Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission

JBE 19-16
Bond Allocation 2019 Ceiling

JBE 19-17
Flags at Half-Staff--Vincent Liberto Jr.

JBE 19-18
Flags at Half-Staff--Heulette “Clo” Fontenot, Jr.

JBE 19-19
Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission--Amending Executive Order Number 17-31

JBE 19-20
Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission--Amending Executive Order JBE 19-15

JBE 19-21
Flags at Half-Staff--Dr. C.O. Simpkins, Sr.

JBE 19-22
The Louisiana Complete Count Committee

2018

2018 Executive Orders

JBE 18-01
Governor's Justice Reinvestment Implementation Oversight Council--Amending Executive Order JBE 17-33

JBE 18-02
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2017

JBE 18-03
Governor’s Task Force on DWI

JBE 18-04
Carryforward Bond Allocation--Executive Order JBE 18-02

JBE 18-05
Flags at Half Staff

JBE 18-06
Governor’s Taskforce on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Policy--Amending Executive Order Number JBE 17-30

JBE 18-07
Flags at Half-Staff—Reverend William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr.

JBE 18-08
State as Model Employer Task Force

JBE 18-09
Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority to Administer the Federal Deepwater Port Act for Louisiana

JBE 18-10
Flags at Half-Staff –Thomas Milton Benson, Jr.

JBE 18-11
Bond Allocation—Louisiana Community Development Authority

JBE 18-12
Suspension of Early Voting

JBE 18-13
Governor’s Justice Reinvestment Implementation Oversight Council Amending Executive Order JBE 17-33

JBE 18-14
Governor’s Taskforce on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Policy--Amending Executive Order Number JBE 2017-30

JBE 18-15
Relating to the Prohibition of Discriminatory Boycotts of Israel in State Procurement

JBE 18-16
Louisiana Watershed-Based Floodplain Management Coordination

JBE 18-17
Flags at Half-Staff—Bishop T.F. Tenney

JBE 18-18
Flags at Half-Staff—Immanuel James Washington

JBE 18-19
Flags at Half-Staff—John “Johnny” Clinton McFerren, Jr.

JBE 18-20
Supervision of the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board Regulation of Appraisal Management Companies—Amending Executive Order Number JBE 17-16

JBE 18-21
Flags at Half-Staff—Charles “Charlie” Doerr Lancaster, Jr.

JBE 18-22
Flags at Half-Staff—John Sydney McCain, III

JBE 18-23
Governor’s Task Force on DWI--Amending Executive Order Number JBE 18-03

JBE 18-24
Offender Labor

JBE 18-25
Flags at Half-Staff—Rick Farrar

JBE 18-26
Flags at Half-Staff—Honorable Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.

2017

2017 Executive Orders

JBE 17-01
Mortgage Credit Certificate Certification

JBE 17-02
Qualified Energy Conservation Bond Allocation--Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District

JBE 17-03
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2016

JBE 17-04
Emergency Suspension of Certain Insurance Code Provisions--Amended

JBE 17-05
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Armand Joseph Brinkhaus

JBE 17-06
Flags at Half-Staff--Sergeant Shawn Thomas Anderson

JBE 17-09
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Ralph. R. Miller

JBE 17-10
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Michael Lee Tinnerello

JBE 17-11
Emergency Suspension of Certain Insurance Code Provisions--Amended

JBE 17-12
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Al Ater

JBE 17-13
Flags at Half-Staff--Honorable Jimmy Martin

JBE 17-26
Flags at Half-Staff

JBE 17-27
Suspension of Early Voting

JBE 17-28
Suspension of Early Voting

JBE 17-29
Emergency Procedures for Response to Camp Minden Emergency

JBE 17-30
Governor's Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Policy

JBE 17-31
Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission

JBE 17-32
Rescind Executive Order No. JBE 17-14
Suspension of Rule and Regulation Promulgation by the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council

JBE 17-33
Governor's Justice Reinvestment Implementation Oversight Council

JBE 17-34
Flags at Half-Staff

2016

2016 Executive Orders

JBE 16-01
Medicaid Expansion

JBE 16-02
Carry-Forward Bond Allocation 2015

JBE 16-03
Executive Department--Expenditure and Hiring Freeze

JBE 16-04
Executive Branch--Expenditure Reduction

JBE 16-05
Review of Executive Branch Contracts

JBE 16-06
Suspension of Early Voting

JBE 16-07
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Representative Ronnie Edwards

JBE 16-08
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Senator Edgar “Sonny” Mouton

JBE 16-09
Consistency with Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Coastal Plan to Ensure a Sustainable Integrated Coastal Ecosystem

JBE 16-10
Governor's Advisory Council on Disability Affairs

JBE 16-11
Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

JBE 16-12

Work and Career Development Requirements for ABAWD SNAP Participants

JBE 16-13
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Representative John D. Travis

JBE 16-14
Governor’s Statewide Independent Living Council

JBE 16-15
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Frank Levingston

JBE 16-16
Flags at Half-Staff to Robert L. "Bobby" Freeman

JBE 16-17
Governor's Advisory Council on the Every Student Succeeds Act

JBE 16-18
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Mary Frey Eaton

JBE 16-19
Establishment of Unified Command Group and Subcommittees

JBE 16-20
Emergency Operations Plan

JBE 16-21
Continuation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Designation

JBE 16-22
Governor’s Council on Homelessness

JBE 16-23
Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment

JBE 16-24
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor the Victims of the Attack in Orlando

JBE 16-25
Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Reverend E. Edward Jones, Sr.

JBE 16-26
Conditions for Participation in the Industrial Tax Exemption Program

JBE 16-27
Call for Meetings of State Mineral and Energy Board

JBE 16-28
Authorization for Chair of the State Mineral and Energy Board to Sign Certain Documents on Governor's Behalf

JBE 16-29
Procedures in Cases before Military Courts in the State of Louisiana

JBE 16-30

Authority to Arm Designated Louisiana National Guardsmen

JBE 16-31

Coordinated System of Care

JBE 16-32

Executive Branch--Merit Increase Freeze

JBE 16-33

Flags at Half-Staff

JBE 16-34

Flags at Half-Staff

JBE 16-35

Bond Allocation Procedures

JBE 16-36

Cooperative Endeavor Agreements

JBE 16-37

The Hudson Initiative

JBE 16-38

Accountability for Line Item Appropriations

JBE 16-39

Small Purchase Procedures

JBE 16-40

The Committee on Parole

JBE 16-41

Recreational Trails Program

JBE 16-42

Troops to Teachers

JBE 16-43

Drug Control and Violent Crime Policy Board

JBE 16-44

Louisiana D.A.R.E. Advisory Board

JBE 16-45

Louisiana Rehabilitation Council

JBE 16-46

Office of the First Lady

JBE 16-47

Emergency Response Commission

JBE 16-48

Rules and Policies on Leave for Unclassified Service

JBE 16-49

Office of Louisiana Youth for Excellence

JBE 16-50

Office of Community Programs

JBE 16-51

Flags at Half-Staff--Representative Jimmy D. Long, Sr.

JBE 16-52

Declaration of Public Health Emergency and to Temporarily Suspend Licensure Requirements for Emergency Medical Technicians

JBE 16-53

Emergency Suspension of Deadlines in Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Proceedings

JBE 16-54

Use of State Vehicles to Transport Non-State Employees during an Emergency

JBE 16-55

Emergency Procedures for Conducting State Business

JBE 16-56

State of Emergency--East Baton Rouge Parish

JBE 16-57

Emergency Suspension of Deadlines in Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Proceedings

JBE 16-58

Emergency Suspension of Certain Insurance Code Provisions

JBE 16-59

Emergency Suspension of Licensure Requirements for Medical Professionals and Personnel Licensed Out-of-State

JBE 16-60

State of Public Health Emergency
Removal of Contaminated Materials and Temporary Sheltering Assistance

JBE 16-61

Flags at Half-Staff – Senator Jackson Beauregard Davis

JBE 16-62

Flags at Half-Staff – Spencer Chauvin

JBE 16-63

Emergency Suspension of Certain Unemployment Insurance Laws

JBE 16-64

Charitable Giving to Public Employees in Response to Flooding

JBE 16-65

Restore Louisiana Task Force

JBE 16-66

Emergency Suspension of Deadlines in Legal, Administrative, and Regulatory Proceedings
Amending Executive Orders JBE 2016-53 and JBE 2016-57

JBE 16-67

Emergency Suspension of Certain Insurance Code Provisions – Amended

JBE 16-68

Flags at Half-Staff – Representative Reed Stephen Henderson

JBE 16-69

Emergency Suspension of Fees--Office of Motor Vehicles and Department of Health

JBE 16-70

Termination of Specified Executive Orders

JBE 16-71

Emergency Suspension of Certain Insurance Code Provisions--Amended

JBE 16-72

Flags at Half-Staff--Representative Forrest Dunn, Jr.

JBE 16-73

Amended and Restated Conditions for Participation in the Industrial Tax Exemption Program

JBE 16-74

Executive Branch Expenditure Reduction

JBE 16-75

Rules and Policies on Leave for Unclassified Service--Amended December 19, 2016

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