| Ex. MS-001 | Executive Order 1457Designating the Mississippi State Department of Health as lead State agency for COVID-19 response and establishing a steering committee | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Mar. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-010 | Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020)Immunity from suit for COVID-19 exposure claims conditioned on a good-faith attempt to follow applicable public health guidance; premises… | Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020 | MississippiState | July 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-002 | Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of Emergency | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113 | Executive Order No. 1467Executive Order No. 1467 (remote notarization for the duration of the State of Emergency and fourteen days thereafter) | Governor Tate Reeves | Mississippi (Governor; Secretary of State's notary rules)State | Apr. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-003 | Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15 (text in force from July 1, 2020)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (2020 text) | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3) | MississippiState | July 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-058 | Executive Order No. 1517Face coverings in schools; delayed start of the 2020-21 year for grades 7-12 in eight counties | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Aug. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-046 | Executive Order 1535Safe Recovery Order (winter re-tightening): gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide; 75 percent business cap; restaurant terms; indoor… | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Dec. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-047 | Executive Order 1536County face-covering mandate for sixty-one counties | Governor Tate Reeves | Mississippi (sixty-one counties)State | Dec. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-048 | Executive Order 1539Seventeen counties added to the EO 1536 face-covering mandate (78 of 82 counties) | Governor Tate Reeves | Mississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper, Leake, Newton, Pike, Quitman, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson Counties)State | Dec. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-049 | Executive Order 1542Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to February 3, 2021; Claiborne and Tunica added; Adams, Jefferson, Lawrence… | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Jan. 15, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-005 | Miss. 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 empowered | MississippiState | Feb. 2, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MS-050 | Executive Order 1543Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to March 3, 2021; college and university outdoor stadium seating amended | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Feb. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-051 | Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations; school face coverings and… | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Mar. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-001 | Miss. 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-holders | MississippiState | Mar. 25, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-002 | Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17Rules and regulations of the State Board of Health; sanitary rules enforced by county health officers | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3) | MississippiState | Mar. 25, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-052 | Executive Order 1550EO 1549 extended to April 30, 2021; indoor arenas 75 percent; K-12 indoor extracurricular events 50 percent | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Mar. 31, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-007 | Miss. 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) | MississippiState | Feb. 1, 2022 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-004 | 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and ConditionsRules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (duty to report; duties of local health officer; suspects and contacts… | Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-006 | Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5Investigation and control authority: epidemic, infectious and other disease; isolation and quarantine; physical control over property and… | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23, Contagious and Infectious Diseases); State Department of Health and State Health Officer as the officers empowered | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-008 | Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2Violating lawful order, life-threatening communicable diseases (felony) | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23) | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-009 | Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-1State Board of Health to adopt rules defining and classifying communicable diseases and establishing reporting, monitoring and preventive… | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23) | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-015 | Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7Local civil emergencies: officer's powers after proclamation (closing of retail liquor stores; discontinuance of sales; 'such other orders… | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empowered | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-016 | Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9Local civil emergencies: sanctions (misdemeanor for violating the chief administrative officer's orders) | Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17) | MississippiState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |