Executive Orders

Executive orders are official directives or commands from the Mayor to agencies in the executive branch. These orders generally concern the implementation or enforcement of rules, policies and procedures which have the force of law.

For your convenience, we have published these Executive Orders to the document library in the table below.  Please note in the table below adjacent to each Executive Order title and date signed, there is a corresponding download link.

Executive Order Mayor Description Date Signed Download
2026-1 Brandon Johnson Defining CPD Action During Civil Immigration Enforcement To Further Federal Accountability Download(253.69 KB)
2025-11 Brandon Johnson Oversight of Chicago Police Department Overtime Download(149.57 KB)
2025-10 Brandon Johnson Prohibiting the Sale or Assignment of City-Owned Medical Debt and Establishing Fair, Public-Interest Debt Recovery Practices Download(147.93 KB)
2025-9 Brandon Johnson Coordination of Outreach, Logistical Support, and Relief Efforts Related to SNAP Benefit Disruptions and Economic De-Stabilization Related to Immigration Enforcement Download(192.05 KB)
2025-8 Brandon Johnson Prohibiting the Use of City Parking Lots, Vacant Lots, and Garages for Civil Immigration Enforcement Staging Areas, Processing Locations, or Operations Bases Download(185.22 KB)
2025-7 Brandon Johnson Protecting the Right to Protest and Facilitating Safe and Peaceful Assembly Download(126.83 KB)
2025-6 Brandon Johnson Denouncement of any attempts to deploy the United States Armed Forces and/or the National Guard and/or militarized civil immigration enforcement in Chicago and to establish the Protecting Chicago Initiative Download(350.1 KB)
2025-5 Brandon Johnson Building a Healthier Chicago by Expanding Healthy Food Access & Nutrition Download(175.98 KB)
2025-4 Brandon Johnson Smoking on Chicago Transit Authority Properties and the Deployment of Public Health Resources Download(191.27 KB)
2025-3 Brandon Johnson City of Chicago Skill-Based Hiring Download(128.63 KB)
2025-2 Brandon Johnson Procurement and Payment for Contracted Vendors and Development Projects (EO 2023-14 as amended) Download(180.14 KB)
2025-1 Brandon Johnson Citywide Operations and Program Review Download(157.97 KB)
2024-2 Brandon Johnson Transfemicide Protections and Creation of Working Group Download(417 KB)
2024-1 Brandon Johnson Black Reparations Agenda Download(347.89 KB)
2023-21 Brandon Johnson Streamlining City Development Processes Download(181.39 KB)
2023-20 Brandon Johnson Chief Homelessness Officer Download(106.99 KB)
2023-19 Brandon Johnson Budget Forecast Download(2.24 MB)
2023-18 Brandon Johnson Labor Relations Download(126.31 KB)
2023-17 Brandon Johnson Community Safety Download(117.86 KB)
2023-16 Brandon Johnson Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights Download(169.91 KB)
2023-15 Brandon Johnson Youth Employment Download(155.47 KB)
2023-9 Lori E. Lightfoot Youth Commission Download(1.23 MB)
2023-8 Lori E. Lightfoot U Visa and T Visa Certifications Download(1.58 MB)
2023-7 Lori E. Lightfoot Mayor’s Office of New Americans Download(1.7 MB)
2023-6 Lori E. Lightfoot We Will Chicago Download(2.68 MB)