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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-060City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages): Proclamation of Civil Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); Proclamation of Executive Order Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home, Barring Non-Essential Business (Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 3 - Apr. 17, 2020; continued Apr. 16 and Apr. 30, 2020 to May 15); Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order (effective May 16, 2020); Amended (June 4, 2020) and Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson (effective July 2, 2020); Mayoral Curfew Orders (effective Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2020); Proclamations closing City Hall and requiring non-essential City employees to work remotely (Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021; Jan. 7 - Jan. 21; Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2021; Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022); Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 10, 2021) and Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021); City employee face-covering-or-vaccination Executive Orders (effective Aug. 16, 2021; amended effective Aug. 23, 2021; amended effective Sept. 20, 2021)COVID-19 Executive Orders, City of JacksonMayor Chokwe Antar LumumbaCity of Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)CityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MS-066First Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring a civil emergency and for the control of contagious and infectious diseasesRestaurants limited to drive-through, curbside and delivery; gatherings limited to 10; curfew authority reservedMayor and Board of AldermenCity of Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)CityMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MS-061Local Executive Order 20-012Adopting the Governor's Executive Order 1463 as a local order; supplementing prior local ordersMayor Jason SheltonCity of Tupelo, Mississippi (Lee County)CityMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capPrimary 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-073Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order dated May 4, 2021 regarding the Governor's Executive Order No. 1551 (EO 1551 attached as Exhibit A)Adopting EO 1551 for the City of BiloxiMayor Andrew GilichCity of Biloxi, MississippiCityMay 4, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child carePrimary 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. 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. MS-055Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's announcement that the COVID-19 State of Emergency would expire November 20, 2021Gov. Tate Reeves announces COVID-19 state of emergency will expire on Nov. 20 (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021)Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)MississippiOtherNov. 11, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersConfirmed 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-00415 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 DiseasesMississippiState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
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-008Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2Violating lawful order, life-threatening communicable diseases (felony)Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23)MississippiState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read