| 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. 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. 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-053 | Executive Order 1551Rescinding EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550; all business terms recommendations; school face coverings mandatory for the remainder of the… | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Apr. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-077 | Announced 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) | MississippiState | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declarationHealth care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-012 | MSDH 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 Health | MississippiState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-018 | MSDH 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 Health | MississippiState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Standing dutySchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-019 | MSDH 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) | MississippiState | Aug. 25, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MS-017 | MSDH, 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 Health | MississippiState | Aug. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MS-054 | Extension 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) | MississippiState | Sept. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| 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 | |