Executive Orders

This page was updated on  Nov. 19, 2020 at 12:34 PM CST and will be updated as the situation develops.

Below are links to the some of the emergency executive orders that Gov. Tim Walz has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.  For a full listing of the Executive Orders, please visit the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

• Executive Order 20-99 (Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19) (New!)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-56 (Safely Reopening Minnesota’s Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-16 (Direct non-hospital entities to conduct an inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE))
• Emergency Executive Order 20-20 (Directing Minnesotans to Stay at Home)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-23 (Authorizing Minnesota Health-Related Licensing Boards to Modify Requirements During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-26  (Ensuring Continuing Operations of the Medical Cannabis Program during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency)
• Emergency Executive Order 20-51 (Requiring Facilities to Prioritize Surgeries and Procedures and Provide Safe Environment during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency)