{"id":"MS-077","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(17)","instrument":"Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor\u0027s reconsideration (August 2021)","title":"Leaders fear what could happen if Reeves ends state of emergency on Sunday as planned (Mississippi Today, Aug. 11, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-08-11","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2021-08-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC"],"addressees":["the State","hospitals","National Guard"],"clause":"Reeves\u0027 announcement that he would let the current state of emergency order expire came on June 18, when daily COVID-19 cases were low... \u0027While a state of emergency should no longer be necessary after Aug. [15]\u0027... Reeves said on social media he was considering whether to extend the emergency: \u0027We are discussing our options on the State of Emergency and will make a final decision within the next 48 hours on whether or not it needs to be extended\u0027... That original state of emergency order allowed Reeves and Dobbs to issue dozens of [orders]... The state of emergency order also granted Dobbs the power to issue his own health-[related orders, including] requiring hospitals to participate in a state-run program that allows real-time tracking of hospital bed space, and requiring school districts to report their COVID-19 [cases].","enforcement":"","functions":["predicate for 2021 Q3 instruments"],"notes":"Recites that the Governor \u0027issued executive orders establishing a committee, led by State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, to combat COVID-19\u0027 (EO 1457, Mar. 4, 2020) and \u0027a few days later on March 14, 2020, he issued the first COVID [state of emergency]\u0027. Read with MS-055 (which records that he \u0027reversed course\u0027), it establishes the continuation of the emergency through 2021 Q3.","sourceUrl":"https://mississippitoday.org/2021/08/11/tate-reeves-state-of-emergency-ending/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210812180525/https://mississippitoday.org/2021/08/11/tate-reeves-state-of-emergency-ending/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":233020,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MS","url":"/library/MS-077","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MS-077","citation":"Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor\u0027s reconsideration (August 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MS-077)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["MS-055","MS-002","MS-054"]}