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                Archive of Emergency Declarations 2024
    

    
    
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State Emergency Declarations by State

**Alabama**

**Description:**Alabama 2024-01-14-SOE-Winter-Weather**Effective:** 01/14/2024 | **Expires on:**01/27/2024

**Arkansas**

**Description:**Arkansas State of Emergency Ahead of Anticipated Severe Winter Storm**Effective:** 01/14/2024 | **Expires on:**01/26/2024

**Indiana**

**Description:**Indiana Executive Order-24-01**Effective:** 01/15/2024 | **Expires on:**01/25/2024

**Iowa**

**Description:**Iowa Propane Proclamation of Disaster Emergency 1.9.2024**Effective:** 01/09/2024 | **Expires on:**02/09/2024

**Kentucky**

**Description:**Kentucky 24.01.11 - OFFICIAL ORDER 113555 - E - Exemption of Hours of Service and Stoppage at Weight Stations - Winter Weather**Effective:** 01/11/2024 | **Expires on:**01/31/2024

**Maine**

**Louisiana**

**Description:**Louisiana Emergency Winter Weather January 2024**Effective:** 01/13/2024 | **Expires on:**01/18/2024

**Maine**

**Description:**Maine Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency**Effective:** 01/11/2024 | **Expires on:**This Proclamation shall expire seven (7) days from its signature, unless otherwise terminated or extended.

**Description:**Maine 12.19.23 Proclamation of Energy Emergency**Effective:** 12/19/2023 | **Expires on:**01/02/2024; This Proclamation shall expire fourteen (14) days from its signature, unless otherwise terminated or extended.

**Mississippi**

**Description:**Mississippi EO 1577 (Service Hours Waiver)**Effective:** 01/16/2024 | **Expires on:**1/30/2024; This Executive Order shall be terminated at the earliest of (1) the conclusion of the motor carrier or driver's direct assistance in providing emergency relief; (2) 14 days from the date of the initial declaration of emergency; (3) the issuance of a proclamation terminating this state of emergency, or (4) any other time dictated by the FMCSA's Regulations.

**Missouri**

**Description:**Missouri Executive Order 24-02**Effective:** 01/11/2024 | **Expires on:**1/26/2024

**Montana**

**Description:**Montana Executive Order 2-2024**Effective:** 01/19/2024 | **Expires on:**02/01/2014; This Order is effective January 19, 2024, and expires on February 1, 2024.

**Nebraska**

**Description:**Nebraska Executive Order 24-01**Effective:** 01/12/2024 | **Expires on:**This emergency relief is effective immediately and shall remain in effect for 30 days.

**New Jersey**

**Description:**New Jersey Executive Order-350**Effective:** 01/09/2024 | **Expires on:**TBD; This Order shall remain in effect until such time as it is determined by me that an emergency no longer exists.

**New York**

**Description:**New York - Executive Order# 36**Effective:** 01/12/2024 | **Expires on:**02/11/2024

**North Carolina**

**Description:**North Carolina EO300-State of Emergency 2024**Effective:** 01/08/2024 | **Expires on:**02/08/2024; This Executive Order shall remain in effect for thirty (30) days, unless earlier terminated, provided, however, that the provisions in Section 10 shall remain in effect for fourteen (14) days.

**North Dakota**

**Description:**North Dakota Executive Order 2024-01**Effective:** 01/18/2024 | **Expires on:**02/17/2024; This order shall remain in effect for 30 days.

**Oklahoma**

**Description:**Oklahoma 2024-01-11 Suspension of HOS**Effective:** 01/11/2024 | **Expires on:**1/16/2024

**Oregon**

**Description:**Oregon Emergency Order HOS Waiver 1.16.2024**Effective:** 01/16/2024 | **Expires on:**01/19/2024

**Rhode Island**

**Description:**Rhode Island Emergency Proclamation 12 20 2023-23-10-Disaster Relief**Effective:** 12/20/2023 | **Expires on:**01/03/2024

**South Carolina**

**Description:**South Carolina Executive Order No. 2024-01**Effective:** 01/09/2024 | **Expires on:**This Order shall remain in effect for fourteen (14) days or until the declared emergency in the State of North Carolina or any declared emergency in the State of Georgia is terminated, whichever is less, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 390.23 and section 56-5-70 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, unless otherwise modified, amended, or rescinded by subsequent Order.

**South Dakota**

**Description:**South Dakota Executive Order 2024-02**Effective:** 01/12/2024 | **Expires on:**02/11/2024

**Tennessee**

**Description:**Tennessee January 2024 Emergency Declaration for Winter Weather and Fuel Transportation Regulatory Relief**Effective:** 01/13/2024 | **Expires on:**1/27/2024

**Description:**Tennessee January 2024 Emergency Declaration for Winter Weather Agriculture Relief**Effective:** 01/17/2024 | **Expires on:**1/27/2024

**Description:**Tennessee January 2024 Emergency Declaration for Winter Weather and Fuel Transportation Regulatory Relief**Effective:** 01/13/2024 | **Expires on:**1/27/2024

**Texas**

**Description:**Texas Emergency Declaration 2024**Effective:** 01/17/2024 | **Expires on:**1/21/2024

**Description:**Texas Emergency Declaration Winter 2024**Effective:** 01/12/2024 | **Expires on:**1/16/2024

**West Virginia**

**Description:**West Virginia January Winter Storm - 1/18/2024**Effective:** 01/18/2024 | **Expires on:**TBD; National Weather Service predicts heavy snow, freezing rains, dangerous wind chills, and strong winds beginning Thursday, January 18, 2024, continuing throughout the week and into the coming weekend, posing a threat to the health, safety, welfare, and property of the citizens of West Virginia.

**Wyoming**

**Description:**Wyoming Executive Order 2024-03**Effective:** 01/23/2024 | **Expires on:**02/18/2024
              
      
    
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