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Ex. MS-001Executive Order 1457Designating the Mississippi State Department of Health as lead State agency for COVID-19 response and establishing a steering committeeGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MS-002Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of EmergencyGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-006Executive Order 1463Gatherings above 10; dine-in suspended; visitation barred; telework encouraged; Essential Business or Operation defined; conflicting local…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-02-024Executive Order No. 1463 (Mar. 24, 2020) and Supplement (Mar. 26, 2020)Essential Business or Operation; gathering limits; hospital and long-term care visitationGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-03-040MSDH mandate for Mississippi dentistry (Mar. 2020) as extended by the Board to Apr. 27, 2020 under EO 1470; EO 1466 (Mar. 24, 2020)Dentists must delay non-emergency careMississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners; Governor Tate Reeves (EO 1466, 1470)MississippiStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-051Executive Order No. 1463Essential businesses; gatherings of 10; dine-in limitsGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-008Executive Order 1465Shelter in place for Lauderdale CountyGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Lauderdale County)StateMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MS-009Executive Order 1466Statewide Shelter in PlaceGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-052Executive Order No. 1466Statewide Shelter in PlaceGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-011Executive Order 1473Extending the Shelter in Place to April 27, 2020; curbside retail; limited reopening of beaches, State lakes and reservoirsGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 17, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MS-014Executive Order 1477Safer at Home OrderGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-03-041Executive Order No. 1477 (Safer at Home)Safer at Home order; resumption of non-emergent elective medical and dental procedures under MSDH guidelinesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-103MSPA COVID-19 information, May 7, 2020: administrative office with limited personnel; all in-person meetings suspended until further notice; port terminals remain operational to commercial traffic; entrants to the administrative office must sanitize hands, self-check temperature and wear face masks at all times in common areas and when interacting with staffCOVID-19 Information - Port of Gulfport (administrative office limited; in-person meetings suspended; masks required in the office)Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport (MSPA)Mississippi (Port of Gulfport)StateMay 7, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MS-016Executive Order 1480Safer at Home extended to May 25, 2020; salons, barber shops, personal care and gyms reopen May 11 under mandatory masks, gloves and…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMay 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-019Executive Order 1486Restaurant hours; tattoo parlors and dance studios reopen with limits; park hours removed; fishing tournamentsGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMay 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-003Miss. 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)MississippiStateJuly 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary 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-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. 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-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. 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
Ex. DUT-MS-006Miss. 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 empoweredMississippiState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-015Miss. 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 empoweredMississippiState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read