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Ex. MS-043Executive Order 1531Seven counties added to the county face-covering and gathering measuresGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Hinds, Itawamba, Madison, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Tate, Winston Counties)StateNov. 17, 20202020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-044Executive Order 1532Nineteen counties added to the county face-covering and gathering measuresGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Alcorn, Attala, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lowndes, Neshoba, Panola, Perry, Prentiss, Stone, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union Counties)StateNov. 24, 20202020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-045Executive Order 1533Thirteen counties added to the county face-covering and 10/50 gathering measuresGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Adams, Amite, Coahoma, Franklin, Jefferson, Kemper, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Quitman, Scott, Sunflower, Washington Counties)StateDec. 1, 20202020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-046Executive Order 1535Safe Recovery Order (winter re-tightening): gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide; 75 percent business cap; restaurant terms; indoor…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateDec. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-047Executive Order 1536County face-covering mandate for sixty-one countiesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (sixty-one counties)StateDec. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-048Executive Order 1539Seventeen counties added to the EO 1536 face-covering mandate (78 of 82 counties)Governor Tate ReevesMississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper, Leake, Newton, Pike, Quitman, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson Counties)StateDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-049Executive Order 1542Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to February 3, 2021; Claiborne and Tunica added; Adams, Jefferson, Lawrence…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateJan. 15, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-005Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021)Emergency Management Law: Governor's powers to secure compliance with orders through law enforcement and the boards of health; proclamation…Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empoweredMississippiStateFeb. 2, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-050Executive Order 1543Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to March 3, 2021; college and university outdoor stadium seating amendedGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateFeb. 3, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-051Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations; school face coverings and…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-001Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (sanitary and quarantine measures; conditions of employment; food…Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holdersMississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-002Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17Rules and regulations of the State Board of Health; sanitary rules enforced by county health officersLegislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3)MississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MS-052Executive Order 1550EO 1549 extended to April 30, 2021; indoor arenas 75 percent; K-12 indoor extracurricular events 50 percentGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 31, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-076Mississippi: State-by-State COVID-19 GuidanceHusch Blackwell Mississippi executive-order tracker (through April 15, 2021)Husch Blackwell LLP (secondary tracker)MississippiStateApr. 15, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-053Executive Order 1551Rescinding EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550; all business terms recommendations; school face coverings mandatory for the remainder of the…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MS-075Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia Mississippi recovery timeline (newsletter entries April 2020 - June 2021)Ballotpedia (secondary tracker)MississippiStateJune 14, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-077Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021)Leaders fear what could happen if Reeves ends state of emergency on Sunday as planned (Mississippi Today, Aug. 11, 2021)Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)MississippiStateAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-012MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH prevention guidance (Aug. 25, 2021 state): 'Business and Community' section referring businesses to the MSDH Guidance for Restaurants…Mississippi State Department of HealthMississippiStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-018MSDH web page, 'Coronavirus COVID-19' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH COVID-19 main page (Aug. 25, 2021 state): index of the Department's guidance in force in the third quarter of 2021 (Prevention and…Mississippi State Department of HealthMississippiStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Standing dutySchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-019MSDH web page, 'What to Do If You Are Diagnosed with or Exposed to COVID-19 (Isolation and Quarantine)' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,22245,420,878.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH isolation and quarantine directives (Aug. 25, 2021): isolate at least 10 days; 'Do not go to work until your isolation period ends'…Mississippi State Department of Health (State Health Officer)MississippiStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-017MSDH, COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Workplaces (July 2021)COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Workplaces: positive employees 'should isolate at home for a full 10 days'; unvaccinated close…Mississippi State Department of HealthMississippiStateAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MS-054Extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for thirty days (Sept. 10, 2021)Gov. Tate Reeves extends COVID-19 state of emergency another 30 days (Mississippi Today, Sept. 10, 2021)Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)MississippiStateSept. 10, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-007Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022)Legislative reprint of the epidemic-control, isolation, quarantine and detainment provisions (the bill's proposed addition, Governor's…Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022)MississippiStateFeb. 1, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source