Governor and Lieutenant Governor's Office

Her Excellency Maura Healey Governor of Massachusetts
Honorable Kim Driscoll Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

State House, Room 360
Boston, MA 02133
Phone: 617-725-4000
Website: www.mass.gov/orgs/governor-maura-healey-and-lt-governor-kim-driscoll
Email: www.mass.gov/info-details/email-the-governors-office

The Governor is the head of the executive branch of Massachusetts government and serves as chief administrative officer of the state and as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The responsibilities of the Governor include preparation of the annual budget, nomination of all judicial officers, granting of pardons (with the consent of the Governor's Council), appointment of the heads of most major state departments and agencies, and the acceptance or veto of each bill passed by the legislature. The Governor can call special sessions of the General Court with the consent of the Governor's Council. In the absence, resignation, death, or disability of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor performs all the duties incumbent upon the chief executive and has all the Governor's constitutional powers. In addition, the Lieutenant Governor is a voting member of the Governor's Council and is delegated certain responsibilities at the Governor's discretion. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor's administrative offices have been consolidated.

Regional Office

Washington, DC Office:

Governor's Council

State House, Room 184
Boston, MA 02133
Phone: 617-725-4016
Website: www.mass.gov/orgs/governors-council

The Governor's Council (also called the Executive Council) is composed of the Lieutenant Governor and eight councilors elected from councillor districts for a two-year term. It has the constitutional power to approve judicial appointments and pardons, to authorize expenditures from the Treasury, to approve the appointment of constitutional officers if a vacancy occurs when the legislature is not in session, and to compile and certify the results of statewide elections. It also approves the appointments of notaries public and justices of the peace, for an application send a self addressed stamped envelope with a short written request to the address above.