The States

Mississippi

Name: Mississippi: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Mississippi file holds 75 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 68 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 116 records in the Library resolve to Mississippi in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code MSFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. MS-059End of general restrictions Mar. 3, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 8Primary source read 65 Confirmed from a secondary source 10

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The record in brief

Mississippi moved in five phases. (1) Run-up and Shelter in Place, March 4 - April 27, 2020: Executive Order 1457 (March 4) designated MSDH the lead agency; the Governor's Proclamation of March 14, 2020 declared the State of Emergency (recited in every later order); EO 1458 sent State employees home; EO 1460 closed the public schools (March 19) and EO 1476 kept them closed through the 2019-20 year; EO 1463 (March 24) barred gatherings above 10, suspended dine-in service above 10 persons, barred hospital and nursing-home visitation, encouraged all businesses to telework to the maximum extent possible, defined Essential Business or Operation, and suspended any local order that limited an essential business; EO 1465 (March 31) ordered Lauderdale County to shelter in place; EO 1466 (April 1) ordered every Mississippian to stay at home from 5:00 p.m. April 3 to April 20, closed every non-essential business except Minimum Operations (including facilitating remote work), limited restaurants to drive-thru, curbside and delivery, closed amusement, and suspended evictions, with enforcement by all State and local law enforcement under Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5)-(6) and penalties under 33-15-43; EO 1473 (April 17) extended it to April 27 with curbside retail. (2) Safer at Home, April 27 - June 1, 2020 (EO 1477, 1478, 1480, 1483, 1484, 1486, 1488, 1491): residents encouraged to stay home, gatherings above 10 cancelled, retail 50 percent, restaurants curbside only until May 7 then 50 percent with a 10:00 p.m. close, gyms and personal care closed until May 11 then reopened under mandatory masks, gloves and screening, elective procedures only within CMS tiers and with 25 percent of hospital capacity reserved, dental resumed under MSDH guidelines, visitation barred, county-specific measures in seven counties from May 12, evictions suspended until June 1, governmental employees ordered back from May 14. (3) Safe Return, June 1 - September 30, 2020 (EO 1492 and its extensions 1496, 1500, 1505, 1508, 1514, 1518, 1520, 1522): gatherings 20 indoor/50 outdoor, travel resumed, telework encouraged, 50 percent then 75 percent capacity, restaurant and bar terms, hospital reserve 25 percent then 10 percent, visitation barred, county mask and screening mandates from July 13 in 13 counties growing to 37 (EO 1507, 1509, 1512, 1515), statewide 10/20 gathering caps with seated-only alcohol and an 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. alcohol ban from July 24 (EO 1511), and the statewide face-covering mandate from August 5 to September 30 (EO 1516), school masks and school-start delays (EO 1517), K-12 and college event caps (EO 1518, 1519, 1520). (4) Safe Recovery, September 30, 2020 - March 3, 2021 (EO 1525, then EO 1535 from December 11): the public mask mandate lapsed but every business was ordered to screen employees, cap customers at 75 percent, require PPE and post signage; restaurants to seat parties of ten or fewer six feet apart, mask employees, screen customers, serve alcohol seated only and not between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; personal-care employees and customers to mask; theaters and reception halls capped; arenas 25 percent; K-12 and college event caps; school masks mandatory; hospitals to reserve 10 percent of capacity (EO 1527); county mask orders re-imposed from October 21 and expanded (EO 1527, 1528, 1530-1533) until EO 1536 and 1539 placed 78 of 82 counties under a mask mandate by December 23; the winter re-tightening (EO 1535) cut gatherings to 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide and indoor arenas to 10 percent; extended by EO 1542 and 1543 to March 3, 2021. (5) Recommendations, March 3, 2021 onward: EO 1549 rescinded EO 1535 and 1536 at 5:00 p.m. March 3, 2021, converting business rules to recommendations while keeping mandatory school face coverings and arena and K-12 caps; EO 1550 (March 31) loosened the caps; EO 1551 (April 30) rescinded them, leaving only the school face-covering rule for the rest of the 2020-21 year and the State of Emergency, which the Governor announced (June 18, 2021) would expire August 15, 2021, then kept in force as the Delta wave filled hospitals, extended for thirty days on September 10, 2021, and ended November 20, 2021. In the third quarter of 2021 the State of Emergency, the State Health Officer's delegated isolation and quarantine authority and MSDH's isolation (10 days; do not go to work) and quarantine directives, MSDH's hospital coordination mandates, EO 1551's recommendations, and, in Jackson, the Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (face coverings in public places and at work, effective May 24, 2021 until superseded) and the City employee face-covering-or-vaccination orders of August 16, August 23 and September 20, 2021 were in force; no statewide business, gathering or mask mandate was. Local instruments were substantial throughout: Jackson declared a civil emergency March 16, 2020, ordered residents to stay home from April 3, required face coverings from May 16, 2020 onward, imposed curfews in August 2020, and closed City Hall with remote work December 2020 - February 2021; Tupelo adopted the Governor's orders as local orders enforced by its police and required face coverings from June 29, 2020 (continued through November 11, 2020); Starkville closed dining rooms March 20, 2020, imposed a 10:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. curfew April 7 - May 11, 2020, and required face coverings in all businesses April 28 - May 11, 2020 and again from July 7, 2020 (fines up to $1,000); Biloxi adopted the Governor's orders with a stricter alcohol rule (August 4, 2020) and continued its municipal court cases from March 16, 2020.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Mississippi on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2020: State of Emergency (MS-002); EO 1463 in force (gatherings above 10 barred; dine-in suspended above 10; hospital and nursing-home visitation barred; telework encouraged; essential list) (MS-006); EO 1465 Lauderdale County shelter in place (MS-008); EO 1466 signed, statewide Shelter in Place from 5:00 p.m. Apr. 3 (MS-009); public schools closed (EO 1460); EO 1464 transportation emergency (MS-007); Jackson stay-home order signed Mar. 31, effective Apr. 3 (MS-060); Starkville dining rooms closed, gatherings 10 (MS-066).	June 30, 2020: Safe Return Order (EO 1492 as extended by EO 1496 to June 29 and EO 1500) (MS-022, MS-024): gatherings 20 indoor/50 outdoor where distancing not possible; retail 50 percent; restaurants and bars 50 percent; elective procedures conditioned on 25 percent hospital reserve; visitation barred; telework encouraged. Tupelo face coverings from June 29 (MS-063); Jackson Amended Stay Safe Jackson order (face coverings) (MS-060); Starkville business rules (MS-069 lineage).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: Safe Return Order in force (EO 1492, 1496, 1500; extended July 2 by EO 1505) (MS-022, MS-025); Tupelo and Jackson mask orders (MS-063, MS-060); State of Emergency.	Sept. 30, 2020: until 5:00 p.m., Safe Return with the statewide face-covering mandate (EO 1516 as extended by EO 1522) and 75 percent caps, 10/50 gatherings, seated-only alcohol and the 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. alcohol ban (MS-033, MS-029, MS-038); from 5:00 p.m., Safe Recovery Order EO 1525 (gatherings 20/100; business 75 percent and mandatory screening; restaurant terms; school masks; personal-care masks; arenas 25 percent) (MS-039); Tupelo EO 20-020 continuing masks (MS-065); Jackson face coverings (MS-060).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: EO 1525 Safe Recovery Order (MS-039); no county mask orders until EO 1527 (effective Oct. 21) (MS-040); State of Emergency.	Dec. 31, 2020: EO 1535 winter Safe Recovery (gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide; business 75 percent and screening; restaurant terms; alcohol 11 p.m. - 7 a.m.; hospitals 10 percent reserve; school masks; indoor arenas 10 percent) (MS-046); EO 1536 as amended by EO 1539: face coverings mandatory in 78 of 82 counties (MS-047, MS-048); Jackson City Hall closed and non-essential City employees remote Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021 (MS-060).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: EO 1535 and EO 1536/1539 in force to Jan. 15, then extended by EO 1542 (to Feb. 3) and EO 1543 (to Mar. 3) (MS-046 to MS-050); Jackson City Hall closure (MS-060).	Mar. 31, 2021: EO 1549 (business rules recommendations; school masks mandatory; indoor arenas 50 percent; K-12 indoor caps) in force to 5:00 p.m. (MS-051); EO 1550 signed Mar. 31 extending EO 1549 to Apr. 30 with arenas 75 percent and K-12 indoor 50 percent (MS-052); State of Emergency.
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550 (MS-051, MS-052); State of Emergency.	June 30, 2021: EO 1551 (recommendations; school mask clause spent with the 2020-21 academic year) (MS-053); State of Emergency (announced June 18 to expire Aug. 15, 2021) (MS-077); Jackson Amended Safe Recovery Jackson order of May 24, 2021: face coverings in public places and at work (MS-060).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: State of Emergency (MS-002, MS-077); EO 1551 recommendations (MS-053); State Health Officer isolation and quarantine authority and MSDH directives; Jackson face-covering order and civil emergency (MS-060); federal layer (FED-A, FED-B).	Sept. 30, 2021: State of Emergency, extended Sept. 10 for thirty days (MS-054, MS-055); MSDH hospital System of Care mandates and isolation/quarantine directives; Jackson face-covering order and City employee face-covering-or-vaccination orders effective Aug. 16, Aug. 23 and Sept. 20, 2021 (MS-060). No statewide business, gathering, capacity or mask mandate.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Mississippi, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

Mar. 3, 2021

2021-03-03 17:00

Instrument Executive Order 1549 (Gov. Tate Reeves, March 2, 2021): 'Executive Order 1535 and Executive Order 1536 and all amendments thereto are rescinded and shall stand repealed'; business terms converted to recommendations

What remained in force

The mandatory school face-covering rule ('Every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering... while inside a school building or classroom'), re-enacted by EO 1550 and EO 1551 for the remainder of the 2020-21 academic year; indoor-arena caps (50 percent bowl, 75 percent club and suites) and K-12 indoor extracurricular caps until EO 1550 raised them (75 percent; 50 percent) on March 31, 2021 and EO 1551 rescinded them at 5:00 p.m. April 30, 2021; the State of Emergency of March 14, 2020 (to November 20, 2021) and the State Health Officer's delegated isolation and quarantine authority; MSDH hospital coordination mandates; the local orders of Jackson (face coverings through 2021) and other municipalities.

Preemption of local orders

EO 1463 paragraph 2(b) (March 24, 2020) suspended local orders that reached essential businesses: 'any order, rule, regulation or action by any governing body, agency or political subdivision of the state that imposes any additional freedom of movement or social distancing limitations on Essential Business or Operation, restricts scope of services or hours of operation of any Essential Business or Operation, or which will or might in any way conflict with or impede the purpose of this Executive Order is suspended and unenforceable during this COVID-19 State of Emergency.' The March 26, 2020 supplement (every later order refers to 'Executive Order No. 1463 as Supplemented'; not separately retrieved) clarified that local governments could adopt stricter measures on other matters. From EO 1466 onward every general order carried the clause: 'Nothing in this Executive Order shall limit or alter the authority of any local or county authority from adopting orders, rules, regulations, resolutions, and actions that are more strict than established herein, provided that they do not impose restrictions that prevent any Essential Business or Operation as identified in Executive Order No. 1463 as Supplemented from operating at such level necessary to provide essential services and functions during this COVID-19 State of Emergency' (EO 1466 I(i); EO 1477 I(j); EO 1525 II(o), adding 'including face covering requirements'), and preserved municipal authority under Miss. Code Ann. 21-19-3 'to enact and enforce more restrictive measures to contain and restrict transmission of COVID-19.' Jackson, Tupelo, Starkville and Biloxi legislated under that clause through 2020 and, in Jackson's case, through 2021. No State instrument barring local COVID-19 orders was located for March 2020 - September 2021.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Mississippi. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (6)

MS-002 State of Emergency (Proclamation of Mar. 14, 2020; kept in force past the announced Aug. 15, 2021 expiry; extended Sept. 10, 2021 for thirty days; ended Nov. 20, 2021) (MS-077, MS-054, MS-055)
State Health Officer delegated isolation and quarantine authority (EO 1525 V; EO 1535; EO 1551) and MSDH isolation (10 days; 'Do not go to work until your isolation period ends') and quarantine directives of August 2021
MSDH hospital coordination mandates under the emergency (COVID-19 System of Care plan; bed-capacity reporting) (MS-055)
MS-053 EO 1551 recommendations to businesses and personal-care services (in force 'unless amended or rescinded')
MS-060 Jackson: Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021; face coverings in public places and at work; misdemeanor enforcement under Miss. Code Ann. 45-17-9 and Jackson Code 86-1); continuing civil emergency; City employee face-covering-or-vaccination orders effective Aug. 16, Aug. 23 and Sept. 20, 2021
Federal layer: CDC conveyance mask order; TSA security directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS (from June 21, 2021); CMS conditions; presidential entry proclamations (FED-A, FED-B)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Mississippi, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in suspended above 10 persons Mar. 24, 2020 (EO 1463); drive-thru, curbside and delivery only Apr. 3 - May 7, 2020 (EO 1466, 1473, 1477); in-house dining 50 percent of seating, close by 10:00 p.m., screening, masks, party limits from May 7 (EO 1478); bars without food closed to June 1 (EO 1492); 10:00 p.m. close removed June 10 (EO 1496); statewide seated-only alcohol and 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. alcohol ban from July 24, 2020 (EO 1511), carried into EO 1525 and 1535 to Mar. 3, 2021; 75 percent from Sept. 14, 2020 (EO 1522) with party size 10, six feet between parties, customer screening, no self-service buffets (EO 1525, 1535); recommendations from Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1549).

Retail

Non-essential retail closed Apr. 3 - 17, 2020 (EO 1466); drive-thru, curbside, delivery only Apr. 17 - 27 (EO 1473); 50 percent capacity Apr. 27 - Sept. 14, 2020 (EO 1477, 1492); 75 percent Sept. 14, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1522, 1525, 1535); county employee and customer mask rules July 13, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1507, 1509, 1527-1543); statewide masks Aug. 5 - Sept. 30, 2020 (EO 1516).

Personal care

Salons, barber shops, spas, tattoo parlors closed Apr. 3 - May 11, 2020 (EO 1466, 1477); reopened May 11 with mandatory employee and customer face coverings, gloves, screening, appointments (EO 1480; tattoo May 15, EO 1486); mask and screening mandates continued under EO 1525 and 1535 ('Every employee shall be required to wear a face covering'; 'Customers shall wear a face covering') to Mar. 3, 2021; 'strongly encouraged' thereafter (EO 1549, 1551).

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, dance studios, amusement, theaters, bowling alleys, social clubs closed Apr. 3 - May 11, 2020 (EO 1466, 1477); gyms reopened May 11 (EO 1480), 50 percent June 10 (EO 1496), 75 percent Sept. 14 (EO 1522); theaters, libraries, museums, outdoor sports complexes from June 1 (EO 1491, 1492); theaters 50 percent under EO 1525 and 1535; arenas 25 percent (EO 1496, 1525), indoor arenas 10 percent (EO 1535), 50 percent (EO 1549), 75 percent (EO 1550), lifted Apr. 30, 2021 (EO 1551).

Hotels and short-term rentals

'Hotels and commercial lodging services' listed as essential infrastructure (EO 1463); Essential Travel defined narrowly Apr. 3 - June 1, 2020 (EO 1466 I(g); EO 1477 I(g)); 'All travel may resume' June 1, 2020 (EO 1492 I(e)) with non-essential business travel to be minimized; reception halls and conference centers closed to June 10, 2020 and capped at 25 - 50 percent (75 percent seated dinners) to Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1496, 1522, 1525, 1535).

Offices and telework

State employees to work from home to the extent feasible (EO 1458, Mar. 2020); all businesses 'recommended and encouraged... to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, work from home or other telework procedures' (EO 1463 par. 2); non-essential offices ordered to cease operation Apr. 3 - 27, 2020 except Minimum Operations, defined to include facilitating employees 'to continue to work remotely from their residences' (EO 1466 I(d)); telework 'encouraged... to the maximum extent possible' under Safer at Home and Safe Return (EO 1477 I(h)(i); EO 1492 I(f)(i)); governmental employees ordered back from May 14, 2020 (EO 1484); Jackson closed City Hall and required non-essential City employees to work remotely Dec. 19, 2020 - Feb. 12, 2021 and Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022 (MS-060).

Manufacturing

Listed as essential (EO 1463: food processing, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, technology, chemicals, automotive, steel, energy, 'products used by any other Essential Business or Operation'); non-listed manufacturers ordered to cease Apr. 3 - 27, 2020 (EO 1466); all subject to employee screening, PPE and mask rules of EO 1507/1509 (counties), EO 1516 (statewide) and EO 1525/1535 (business operations 'shall' screen and require PPE) to Mar. 3, 2021.

Construction

Listed as essential Mar. 24, 2020 (EO 1463: 'Construction and construction related services including building and construction, lumber, building materials and hardware, electricians, plumbers... and other skilled trades'); subject to essential-business conditions (distancing; sick employees sent home), the county screening and mask rules July 2020 - Mar. 2021 (EO 1507, 1509, 1527-1543), the statewide mask mandate Aug. 5 - Sept. 30, 2020 (EO 1516) and the business-operations mandates of EO 1525 and 1535.

Real estate

'[R]eal estate services (including appraisal and title services)' listed as essential (EO 1463); evictions suspended Apr. 3 - June 1, 2020 (EO 1466 I(c); EO 1477 I(e); sunset by EO 1484).

Hospitals and long-term care

Visitation barred Mar. 24 - Sept. 30, 2020 (EO 1463 1(c); EO 1477 I(i)(iv); EO 1492 I(g)(iv)); immunity and credentialing waivers Apr. 10 - July 1, 2020 (EO 1471, 1485, 1494, 1497); hospital capacity reserves as in dental line; MSDH System of Care coordination mandates under the emergency to Nov. 20, 2021 (MS-055).

Dental and elective health care

Visitation barred Mar. 24, 2020 (EO 1463); elective procedures resumed Apr. 27, 2020 only within CMS Tiers 2-3, with 25 percent hospital reserve, screening, minimal PPE and one visitor (EO 1477 I(i)); elective dental resumed Apr. 27 under MSDH guidelines (EO 1477 I(i)(iii)); Tiers 1-3 from May 14 (EO 1484); 25 percent reserve to July 20, 2020 (EO 1492); 10 percent reserve July 20 - Aug. 3, 2020 (EO 1508) and Oct. 21, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1527, 1535); State Health Officer postponed elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization Dec. 15 - 23, 2020 (MS-056, secondary).

Schools

Closed by EO 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020) and through the 2019-20 year (EO 1476, Apr. 22, 2020); face coverings mandatory in every school building from Aug. 4, 2020 (EO 1517; re-enacted in EO 1525, 1535, 1549, 1551) through the end of the 2020-21 year; grades 7-12 start delayed to Aug. 17, 2020 in eight counties (EO 1517); extracurricular caps (two per student; 25 percent; 50 percent) Aug. 17, 2020 - Apr. 30, 2021 (EO 1518, 1520, 1525, 1535, 1549, 1550). No statewide school mask mandate for 2021-22; MSDH quarantine and isolation directives applied to exposed and positive students and staff in Aug.-Sept. 2021.

Child care

Child care programs listed as essential vendors (EO 1463); county and statewide mask rules and business-operations mandates applied as to any business (EO 1507, 1516, 1525, 1535); MSDH isolation (10 days) and quarantine directives of Aug. 2021 reached child-care staff and families.

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings above 10 barred Mar. 24 - June 1, 2020 (EO 1463, 1466, 1477) with religious entities listed as essential; 20 indoor/50 outdoor (50/100 with distancing) from June 1 (EO 1492); 10/20 statewide July 24 - Sept. 30, 2020 (EO 1511); 20/100 Sept. 30 - Dec. 11, 2020 (EO 1525) with 10/50 in mask counties (EO 1527, 1533); 10/50 statewide Dec. 11, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1535); religious entities excepted from the numeric caps in EO 1525 and 1535; caps lifted Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1549).

Courts and public offices

Supreme Court Emergency Administrative Orders from Mar. 13, 2020 (courts open; judges may postpone trials through May 15, 2020) (MS-058, secondary; recited in MS-074); Biloxi Municipal Court continuances Mar. 16 - Apr. 10, 2020 (MS-074); every Governor's order recited 'Courts Are Open' subject to Supreme Court administrative orders; Driver Service Bureau 'limited services' with licenses extended to Aug. 3, 2020 (EO 1474); DMVs reopened June 8, 2020 (Ballotpedia); Jackson City Hall closed Dec. 19, 2020 - Feb. 12, 2021 (MS-060).

Travel and quarantine

Essential Travel only Apr. 3 - June 1, 2020 (EO 1466 I(g); EO 1477 I(g)); 'All travel may resume' June 1, 2020 (EO 1492); no traveler-quarantine order; State Health Officer isolation and quarantine authority delegated in every general order and exercised through MSDH directives (10-day isolation; quarantine of exposed persons) in Aug.-Sept. 2021.

Face coverings

Local first: Starkville businesses Apr. 28 - May 11, 2020 and from July 7, 2020 (MS-069, MS-070); Jackson from May 16, 2020 (MS-060); Tupelo from June 29, 2020 (MS-063); State county orders July 13, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1507 to 1543; 78 of 82 counties at Dec. 23, 2020); statewide Aug. 5 - Sept. 30, 2020 (EO 1516 as extended); schools Aug. 4, 2020 - end of the 2020-21 year (EO 1517, 1525, 1535, 1549, 1551); personal-care employees and customers Sept. 30, 2020 - Mar. 3, 2021 (EO 1525, 1535); Jackson's requirement continued through 2021 (MS-060).

Vaccination mandates

No State mandate. City of Jackson: employees to show proof of a first dose by Aug. 31, 2021 or wear face coverings and test weekly at their own cost, effective Aug. 16, 2021; extended to contractors Aug. 23, 2021; first-dose deadline Oct. 15, 2021 by the order effective Sept. 20, 2021 (MS-060 pp. 59-66, 97-99).

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Mississippi that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Mississippi duties →

Mississippi bound its employers through four standing layers of law that existed before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. First, the health code. Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4) gives the State Board of Health authority 'to direct and control sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all diseases within the state possible to suppress same and prevent their spread,' to investigate 'conditions of employment and other conditions that may affect health,' and to permit and 'exercise control over' every restaurant and food establishment; § 41-3-15(12) empowers the State Department of Health to detain persons who violate an order of the State Health Officer, gives its investigators 'general arrest powers' and directs 'all law enforcement officers' to assist (Exs. DUT-MS-001, DUT-MS-003). Section 41-3-17 authorizes the Board's 'reasonable sanitary rules and regulations, to be enforced in the several counties by the county health officer' (Ex. DUT-MS-002). Section 41-23-5 vests the Department with authority 'to investigate and control the causes of epidemic, infectious and other disease affecting the public health, including the authority to establish, maintain and enforce isolation and quarantine, and in pursuance thereof, to exercise such physical control over property and individuals as the department may find necessary for the protection of the public health' (Exs. DUT-MS-006, DUT-MS-007); § 41-23-1 commands the Board to adopt rules 'establishing reporting, monitoring and preventive procedures' for communicable diseases (Ex. DUT-MS-009); and § 41-23-2 makes the knowing and willful violation of a health officer's lawful order by a person afflicted with a life-threatening communicable disease a felony punishable by five years' imprisonment (Ex. DUT-MS-008). The Board's Rules Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1) command the person in charge of any business dealing with foodstuffs for public consumption, and of any institution, to 'exclude the affected person from... working' when an employee is 'afflicted with any disease transmissible under the conditions prevailing in that... establishment,' authorize the health officer to isolate suspects and contacts and to prosecute those who refuse examination, and require every food establishment to 'conform to the specifications of the current Mississippi Food Code' (Ex. DUT-MS-004). Second, the Emergency Management Law. Every general order in the library recites Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5) and (b)(6) as its enforcement authority (the Governor's power to direct 'state and local law enforcement officers and agencies' and 'the state or local boards of health' for 'the purpose of securing compliance with... the orders, rules and regulations made pursuant' to the article) and states that 'Violations of this Executive Order are subject to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-43' (Exs. MS-009, MS-014, MS-039; the statute's text as the Legislature printed it in 2021 is Ex. DUT-MS-005). Municipal orders rested on § 45-17-7 ('such other orders as are necessary for the protection of life and property') and were enforced as misdemeanors under § 45-17-9, which Jackson recited in every proclamation (Exs. DUT-MS-015, DUT-MS-016, MS-060). Third, the workplace duty. Mississippi has no State OSHA plan; 29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1) bound every Mississippi employer directly (Ex. DUT-AL-009), and the Mississippi Supreme Court describes the employer's obligation as a 'non-delegable duty to provide a reasonably safe place to work' (Exs. DUT-MS-013, DUT-MS-014). What a safe workplace required during COVID-19 was stated by the health authorities: the orders' enumerated conditions and the MSDH guidance they incorporated (Exs. DUT-MS-011, DUT-MS-012, DUT-MS-017, DUT-MS-018, DUT-MS-019). Fourth, the liability shield. SB 3049 (2020), the Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act, approved July 8, 2020 and retroactive to March 14, 2020, grants immunity from suit only to the person 'who attempts in good faith to follow applicable public health guidance,' defined as written COVID-19 guidance 'issued by an executive agency or regulatory agency of the federal government or an executive agency of the State of Mississippi' (Ex. DUT-MS-010). The orders themselves wrote the operating conditions in the imperative and told businesses which guidance governed: 'All business and non-profit entities operating within the State of Mississippi shall make reasonable, good-faith efforts to comply with the CDC's and Mississippi State Department of Health's regulations and guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including' nine enumerated measures (screening each shift; sending sick employees home; 75 percent capacity; PPE; distancing; hygiene protocols; cleaning; sanitizer; signage) (Ex. MS-039 ¶ II(e), Sept. 30, 2020 to Dec. 11, 2020; carried into Ex. MS-046 to Mar. 3, 2021). Where the State chose a recommendation it said so: 'strongly encouraged' for the public (Ex. MS-039 ¶ II(b)), 'encouraged' for telework (Exs. MS-006, MS-014, MS-022), and from March 3, 2021 'are encouraged to make reasonable, good-faith efforts to comply' for businesses (Exs. MS-051, MS-053). MSDH's own guidance pages and its July 2021 workplace guidance are written in 'should' and 'recommends' (Exs. DUT-MS-011, DUT-MS-012, DUT-MS-017); they became compulsory through the orders that incorporated them (to March 3, 2021), through the liability shield's condition (throughout), and through the general duty clause (throughout). The State of Emergency ran to November 20, 2021 and the State Health Officer's delegated isolation and quarantine authority with it (Exs. MS-039 ¶ V, MS-053, MS-055).

The question these duties answer

Whether the measures Mississippi employers took beyond the words of the emergency orders were 'voluntary' within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14, or were compelled by standing legal duties that bound employers independent of, and in addition to, the orders already in the Orders Library (thesis T13).

By character

7 Statutory authority
3 Guidance incorporated
2 Adjudication
2 Order penalty
2 Recommendation only
1 Liability shield condition
1 Sanitary code duty
1 Statutory duty

Exhibits

Ex. DUT-MS-001 Ex. DUT-MS-002 Ex. DUT-MS-003 Ex. DUT-MS-004 Ex. DUT-MS-005 Ex. DUT-MS-006 Ex. DUT-MS-007 Ex. DUT-MS-008 Ex. DUT-MS-009 Ex. DUT-MS-010 Ex. DUT-MS-011 Ex. DUT-MS-012 Ex. DUT-MS-013 Ex. DUT-MS-014 Ex. DUT-MS-015 Ex. DUT-MS-016 Ex. DUT-MS-017 Ex. DUT-MS-018 Ex. DUT-MS-019

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Every dated instrument in the Mississippi file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 11Stay-at-home 9Business closure 14Telework mandate 7Capacity limit 23Gathering cap 39Face-covering requirement 36Travel and quarantine 1Schools and child care 12Health care orders 16Curfew and hours 11Alcohol and bars 10Events and venues 15Courts and public offices 3Workplace rules 25Vaccination or testing 1Supply chain 1Other 9

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Ex. MS-001 Executive Order 1457Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 4, 2020

Executive Order 1457

Ex. MS-058 Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency…Supreme Court of Mississippi · Mar. 13, 2020

Emergency Administrative…

Ex. MS-002 Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 14, 2020

Proclamation declaring a…

Ex. MS-003 Executive Order 1458Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 16, 2020

Executive Order 1458

Ex. MS-059 Casino closure directive (March 2020) and reopening standards (May…Mississippi Gaming Commission (Executive… · Mar. 16, 2020

Casino closure directive…

Ex. MS-060 City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages)…Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba · Mar. 16, 2020

City of Jackson COVID-19…

Ex. MS-074 Supplemental Emergency Administrative OrderBiloxi Municipal Court · Mar. 16, 2020

Supplemental Emergency…

Ex. MS-005 Executive Order 1460Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 19, 2020

Executive Order 1460

Ex. MS-066 First Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring a civil…Mayor and Board of Aldermen · Mar. 20, 2020

First Resolution of the…

Ex. MS-006 Executive Order 1463Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 24, 2020

Executive Order 1463

Ex. MS-061 Local Executive Order 20-012Mayor Jason Shelton · Mar. 25, 2020

Local Executive Order 20-012

Ex. MS-007 Executive Order 1464Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 30, 2020

Executive Order 1464

Ex. MS-008 Executive Order 1465Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 31, 2020

Executive Order 1465

Ex. MS-009 Executive Order 1466Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 3, 2020

Executive Order 1466

Ex. MS-067 Second Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control…Mayor and Board of Aldermen · Apr. 7, 2020

Second Resolution of the…

Ex. MS-010 Executive Order 1471Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 10, 2020

Executive Order 1471

Ex. MS-011 Executive Order 1473Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 17, 2020

Executive Order 1473

Ex. MS-062 Local Executive Order 20-014Mayor Jason Shelton · Apr. 17, 2020

Local Executive Order 20-014

Ex. MS-013 Executive Order 1476Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 18, 2020

Executive Order 1476

Ex. MS-068 Third Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of…Mayor and Board of Aldermen · Apr. 21, 2020

Third Resolution of the…

Ex. MS-012 Executive Order 1474 (Apr. 22, 2020)Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 22, 2020

Executive Order 1474 (Apr.…

Ex. MS-014 Executive Order 1477Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 27, 2020

Executive Order 1477

Ex. MS-069 Fourth Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control…Mayor and Board of Aldermen · Apr. 28, 2020

Fourth Resolution of the…

Ex. MS-015 Executive Order 1478Governor Tate Reeves · May 7, 2020

Executive Order 1478

Ex. MS-016 Executive Order 1480Governor Tate Reeves · May 11, 2020

Executive Order 1480

Ex. MS-017 Executive Order 1483Governor Tate Reeves · May 12, 2020

Executive Order 1483

Ex. MS-018 Executive Order 1484Governor Tate Reeves · May 14, 2020

Executive Order 1484

Ex. MS-019 Executive Order 1486Governor Tate Reeves · May 15, 2020

Executive Order 1486

Ex. MS-020 Executive Order 1488Governor Tate Reeves · May 26, 2020

Executive Order 1488

Ex. MS-023 Executive Order 1493Governor Tate Reeves · May 29, 2020

Executive Order 1493

Ex. MS-021 Executive Order 1491Governor Tate Reeves · June 1, 2020

Executive Order 1491

Ex. MS-022 Executive Order 1492Governor Tate Reeves · June 1, 2020

Executive Order 1492

Ex. MS-024 Executive Order 1496Governor Tate Reeves · June 10, 2020

Executive Order 1496

Ex. MS-063 Local Executive Order 20-018Mayor Jason Shelton · June 29, 2020

Local Executive Order 20-018

Ex. MS-025 Executive Order 1505Governor Tate Reeves · July 2, 2020

Executive Order 1505

Ex. MS-070 Seventh Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring…Mayor and Board of Aldermen · July 7, 2020

Seventh Resolution of the…

Ex. MS-071 City of Starkville COVID-19 Mask Resolution SummaryCity of Starkville · July 7, 2020

City of Starkville COVID-19…

Ex. MS-026 Executive Order 1507Governor Tate Reeves · July 13, 2020

Executive Order 1507

Ex. MS-027 Executive Order 1508Governor Tate Reeves · July 20, 2020

Executive Order 1508

Ex. MS-028 Executive Order 1509Governor Tate Reeves · July 20, 2020

Executive Order 1509

Ex. MS-029 Executive Order 1511Governor Tate Reeves · July 24, 2020

Executive Order 1511

Ex. MS-030 Executive Order 1512Governor Tate Reeves · July 25, 2020

Executive Order 1512

Ex. MS-031 Executive Order 1514Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 3, 2020

Executive Order 1514

Ex. MS-032 Executive Order 1515Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 3, 2020

Executive Order 1515

Ex. MS-064 Local Executive Order 20-019Mayor Jason Shelton · Aug. 3, 2020

Local Executive Order 20-019

Ex. MS-034 Executive Order 1517Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 4, 2020

Executive Order 1517

Ex. MS-072 Ninth Emergency Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order (Aug. 4, 2020)…Mayor Andrew Gilich · Aug. 4, 2020

Ninth Emergency Mayoral…

Ex. MS-033 Executive Order 1516Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 5, 2020

Executive Order 1516

Ex. MS-035 Executive Order 1518Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 17, 2020

Executive Order 1518

Ex. MS-036 Executive Order 1519Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 20, 2020

Executive Order 1519

Ex. MS-037 Executive Order 1520Governor Tate Reeves · Aug. 31, 2020

Executive Order 1520

Ex. MS-038 Executive Order 1522Governor Tate Reeves · Sept. 14, 2020

Executive Order 1522

Ex. MS-039 Executive Order 1525Governor Tate Reeves · Sept. 30, 2020

Executive Order 1525

Ex. MS-065 Local Executive Order 20-020Mayor Jason Shelton · Sept. 30, 2020

Local Executive Order 20-020

Ex. MS-040 Executive Order 1527Governor Tate Reeves · Oct. 21, 2020

Executive Order 1527

Ex. MS-041 Executive Order 1528Governor Tate Reeves · Oct. 28, 2020

Executive Order 1528

Ex. MS-042 Executive Order 1530Governor Tate Reeves · Nov. 11, 2020

Executive Order 1530

Ex. MS-043 Executive Order 1531Governor Tate Reeves · Nov. 18, 2020

Executive Order 1531

Ex. MS-044 Executive Order 1532Governor Tate Reeves · Nov. 25, 2020

Executive Order 1532

Ex. MS-045 Executive Order 1533Governor Tate Reeves · Dec. 2, 2020

Executive Order 1533

Ex. MS-046 Executive Order 1535Governor Tate Reeves · Dec. 11, 2020

Executive Order 1535

Ex. MS-047 Executive Order 1536Governor Tate Reeves · Dec. 11, 2020

Executive Order 1536

Ex. MS-056 State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring…State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH) · Dec. 15, 2020

State Health Officer order…

Ex. MS-048 Executive Order 1539Governor Tate Reeves · Dec. 23, 2020

Executive Order 1539

Ex. MS-049 Executive Order 1542Governor Tate Reeves · Jan. 15, 2021

Executive Order 1542

Ex. MS-050 Executive Order 1543Governor Tate Reeves · Feb. 3, 2021

Executive Order 1543

Ex. MS-051 Executive Order 1549Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 3, 2021

Executive Order 1549

Ex. MS-052 Executive Order 1550Governor Tate Reeves · Mar. 31, 2021

Executive Order 1550

Ex. MS-076 Mississippi: State-by-State COVID-19 GuidanceHusch Blackwell LLP (secondary tracker) · Apr. 15, 2021

Mississippi: State-by-State…

Ex. MS-053 Executive Order 1551Governor Tate Reeves · Apr. 30, 2021

Executive Order 1551

Ex. MS-073 Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order dated May 4, 2021…Mayor Andrew Gilich · May 4, 2021

Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation…

Ex. MS-075 Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus…Ballotpedia (secondary tracker) · June 14, 2021

Documenting Mississippi's…

Ex. MS-077 Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the…Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi… · Aug. 11, 2021

Announced expiry of the…

Ex. MS-054 Extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for thirty days (Sept.…Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi… · Sept. 10, 2021

Extension of the COVID-19…

Ex. MS-055 Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's…Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi… · Nov. 20, 2021

Press report (Mississippi…

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MS-001	Executive Order 1457Designating the Mississippi State Department of Health as lead State agency for COVID-19 response and…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 4, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 259 KB
Ex. MS-058	Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020)Emergency administrative orders: courts remain open; judges may postpone trials through May 15, 2020; later…	Supreme Court of Mississippi	Court	Mar. 13, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MS-002	Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of Emergency	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 14, 2020	Nov. 20, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MS-003	Executive Order 1458State government employees to work from home to the extent feasible	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 16, 2020	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandate	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MS-059	Casino closure directive (March 2020) and reopening standards (May 2020)Closure of licensed casinos and reopening under Gaming Commission and CDC conditions from May 21, 2020	Mississippi Gaming Commission (Executive Director Allen Godfrey)	Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	May 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limit	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MS-060	City 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 Jackson	Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba	City	Mar. 16, 2020	May 24, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 4.7 MB
Ex. MS-074	Supplemental Emergency Administrative OrderContinuing Biloxi Municipal Court trials and proceedings from March 16 to April 10, 2020	Biloxi Municipal Court	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 64 KB
Ex. MS-005	Executive Order 1460Closing Mississippi public schools	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 19, 2020	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 260 KB
Ex. MS-066	First 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…	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City	Mar. 20, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 209 KB
Ex. MS-006	Executive Order 1463Gatherings above 10; dine-in suspended; visitation barred; telework encouraged; Essential Business or…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 475 KB
Ex. MS-061	Local Executive Order 20-012Adopting the Governor's Executive Order 1463 as a local order; supplementing prior local orders	Mayor Jason Shelton	City	Mar. 25, 2020	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 2.9 MB
Ex. MS-007	Executive Order 1464Declaring a transportation emergency; suspending hours-of-service, size and weight, IRP and IFTA requirements…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 30, 2020	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Supply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 294 KB
Ex. MS-008	Executive Order 1465Shelter in place for Lauderdale County	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 31, 2020	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read	PDF 352 KB
Ex. MS-009	Executive Order 1466Statewide Shelter in Place	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 3, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read	PDF 320 KB
Ex. MS-067	Second Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseasesAdopting EO 1463 and EO 1466; general curfew 10:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. from April 7 to April 20, 2020	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City	Apr. 7, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 308 KB
Ex. MS-010	Executive Order 1471Civil immunity for health care facilities and professionals; MSDH, Board of Nursing and Board of Medical…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 10, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 339 KB
Ex. MS-011	Executive Order 1473Extending the Shelter in Place to April 27, 2020; curbside retail; limited reopening of beaches, State lakes…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 17, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 220 KB
Ex. MS-062	Local Executive Order 20-014Adopting the Governor's Executive Order 1473 as a local order enforced by the Tupelo Police Department	Mayor Jason Shelton	City	Apr. 17, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read	PDF 699 KB
Ex. MS-013	Executive Order 1476Public school buildings closed to the public through the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 18, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 294 KB
Ex. MS-068	Third Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Minute Book 64, April 21, 2020)Adopting EO 1463, 1466 and 1473; shelter in place through April 27, 2020; curfew continued	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City	Apr. 21, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 332 KB
Ex. MS-012	Executive Order 1474 (Apr. 22, 2020)Extending the expiration of driver's licenses, permits and identification cards during the Driver Service…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 22, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 170 KB
Ex. MS-014	Executive Order 1477Safer at Home Order	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 27, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 537 KB
Ex. MS-069	Fourth Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseasesAdopting EO 1477; face coverings required of employees and customers over six in all businesses open to the…	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City	Apr. 28, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 374 KB
Ex. MS-015	Executive Order 1478Restaurants and bars may resume in-house dining at 50 percent from May 7, 2020, closing by 10:00 p.m.; parks	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 7, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 301 KB
Ex. MS-016	Executive Order 1480Safer at Home extended to May 25, 2020; salons, barber shops, personal care and gyms reopen May 11 under…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 11, 2020	May 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 398 KB
Ex. MS-017	Executive Order 1483Additional county-specific measures (face coverings where distancing impossible) in seven counties	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 12, 2020	June 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 313 KB
Ex. MS-018	Executive Order 1484Governmental entities to begin returning employees; pools; elective procedures within CMS Tiers 1-3; eviction…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 14, 2020	June 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read	PDF 229 KB
Ex. MS-019	Executive Order 1486Restaurant hours; tattoo parlors and dance studios reopen with limits; park hours removed; fishing tournaments	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 15, 2020	May 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 294 KB
Ex. MS-020	Executive Order 1488Safer at Home extended to June 1, 2020; Holmes County added to EO 1483 measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 26, 2020	June 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 190 KB
Ex. MS-023	Executive Order 1493Amending EO 1483 (removing Attala, Leake, Scott, Newton; adding Wayne) and extending the county measures to…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	May 29, 2020	June 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 169 KB
Ex. MS-021	Executive Order 1491Outdoor sports complexes, movie theaters and auditoriums, libraries and museums may reopen with limits from…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	June 1, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 472 KB
Ex. MS-022	Executive Order 1492Safe Return Order	Governor Tate Reeves	State	June 1, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 623 KB
Ex. MS-024	Executive Order 1496Safe Return extended to June 29, 2020; 10:00 p.m. closing removed; gyms 50 percent; reception halls and…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	June 10, 2020	June 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 225 KB
Ex. MS-063	Local Executive Order 20-018Face coverings required in indoor public and business spaces where distancing is not possible	Mayor Jason Shelton	City	June 29, 2020	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 229 KB
Ex. MS-025	Executive Order 1505Safe Return extended to July 20, 2020	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 2, 2020	July 20, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 175 KB
Ex. MS-070	Seventh Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring additional measures for the control of contagious and infectious diseasesFace coverings and social-distancing measures required of all businesses interacting with the public until…	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City	July 7, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 419 KB
Ex. MS-071	City of Starkville COVID-19 Mask Resolution SummarySummary of the mask resolution's requirements and enforcement	City of Starkville	City	July 7, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 168 KB
Ex. MS-026	Executive Order 1507County-specific measures in thirteen counties: employee screening, face coverings, retail masks, gatherings 10…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 13, 2020	July 20, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 354 KB
Ex. MS-027	Executive Order 1508Safe Return extended to August 3, 2020; hospitals must reserve 10 percent of capacity to perform elective…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 20, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 154 KB
Ex. MS-028	Executive Order 1509County measures extended and expanded to 23 counties (adding Bolivar, Covington, Forrest, Humphreys, Panola…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 20, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 263 KB
Ex. MS-029	Executive Order 1511Statewide gathering caps 10 indoor/20 outdoor; bars 50 percent with alcohol to seated patrons only; no alcohol…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 24, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 199 KB
Ex. MS-030	Executive Order 1512Six counties added to the EO 1509 measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	July 25, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 185 KB
Ex. MS-031	Executive Order 1514Safe Return extended to August 17, 2020	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 3, 2020	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 4.1 MB
Ex. MS-032	Executive Order 1515Eight counties added to the county measures; measures extended to August 17, 2020	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 3, 2020	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 5.7 MB
Ex. MS-064	Local Executive Order 20-019Implementing the Governor's Lee County measures (EO 1515): employee screening; face coverings for employees…	Mayor Jason Shelton	City	Aug. 3, 2020	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 129 KB
Ex. MS-034	Executive Order 1517Face coverings in every school building and classroom; grades 7-12 start delayed to August 17, 2020 in eight…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 4, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 249 KB
Ex. MS-072	Ninth Emergency Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order (Aug. 4, 2020) adopting the Governor's EO 1511 with a stricter alcohol clause, as extended Sept. 3, 2020Adopting EO 1511 for Biloxi (alcohol sales restricted; gatherings 10/20) and extending it through September…	Mayor Andrew Gilich	City	Aug. 4, 2020	Sept. 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MS-033	Executive Order 1516Statewide face-covering mandate	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 5, 2020	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 195 KB
Ex. MS-035	Executive Order 1518Safe Return (including the face-covering mandate) extended to August 31, 2020; K-12 extracurricular events…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 17, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 220 KB
Ex. MS-036	Executive Order 1519College and university outdoor stadiums: bowl seating 25 percent, club areas and suites 50 percent; game-day…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 20, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 246 KB
Ex. MS-037	Executive Order 1520Safe Return extended to September 14, 2020; K-12 extracurricular attendance 25 percent	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Aug. 31, 2020	Sept. 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 166 KB
Ex. MS-038	Executive Order 1522Safe Return extended to 5:00 p.m. September 30, 2020; retail, restaurants, bars and gyms to 75 percent…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Sept. 14, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 237 KB
Ex. MS-039	Executive Order 1525Safe Recovery Order	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Sept. 30, 2020	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 512 KB
Ex. MS-065	Local Executive Order 20-020Adopting the Governor's Executive Order 1525 as a local order and continuing the face-covering requirement…	Mayor Jason Shelton	City	Sept. 30, 2020	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 599 KB
Ex. MS-040	Executive Order 1527Hospitals must reserve 10 percent of capacity to perform elective procedures; face coverings and 10/50…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Oct. 21, 2020	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MS-041	Executive Order 1528Seven counties added to the EO 1527 face-covering and gathering measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Oct. 28, 2020	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 195 KB
Ex. MS-042	Executive Order 1530Safe Recovery Order extended to December 11, 2020; county face-covering and gathering measures re-set to…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Nov. 11, 2020	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 212 KB
Ex. MS-043	Executive Order 1531Seven counties added to the county face-covering and gathering measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Nov. 18, 2020	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 199 KB
Ex. MS-044	Executive Order 1532Nineteen counties added to the county face-covering and gathering measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Nov. 25, 2020	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 192 KB
Ex. MS-045	Executive Order 1533Thirteen counties added to the county face-covering and 10/50 gathering measures	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Dec. 2, 2020	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 227 KB
Ex. MS-046	Executive Order 1535Safe Recovery Order (winter re-tightening): gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide; 75 percent business…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Dec. 11, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 784 KB
Ex. MS-047	Executive Order 1536County face-covering mandate for sixty-one counties	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Dec. 11, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 278 KB
Ex. MS-056	State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalizationOrder postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization, December 15, 2020	State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH)	Sector regulator	Dec. 15, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MS-048	Executive Order 1539Seventeen counties added to the EO 1536 face-covering mandate (78 of 82 counties)	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Dec. 23, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 186 KB
Ex. MS-049	Executive Order 1542Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to February 3, 2021; Claiborne and Tunica added…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Jan. 15, 2021	Feb. 3, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 176 KB
Ex. MS-050	Executive Order 1543Safe Recovery Order and county face-covering mandate extended to March 3, 2021; college and university outdoor…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Feb. 3, 2021	Mar. 3, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 193 KB
Ex. MS-051	Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Mar. 3, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 397 KB
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	State	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 206 KB
Ex. MS-076	Mississippi: State-by-State COVID-19 GuidanceHusch Blackwell Mississippi executive-order tracker (through April 15, 2021)	Husch Blackwell LLP (secondary tracker)	State	Apr. 15, 2021	—		Other	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 369 KB
Ex. MS-053	Executive Order 1551Rescinding EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550; all business terms recommendations; school face coverings mandatory…	Governor Tate Reeves	State	Apr. 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read	PDF 341 KB
Ex. MS-073	Twelfth 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 Biloxi	Mayor Andrew Gilich	City	May 4, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 3.1 MB
Ex. MS-075	Documenting 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)	State	June 14, 2021	—		Other	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
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.…	Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)	State	Aug. 11, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 228 KB
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)	State	Sept. 10, 2021	Nov. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MS-055	Press 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…	Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)	Other	Nov. 20, 2021	Nov. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 159 KB
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Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1457 (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-001)
Supreme Court of Mississippi, Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MS-058)
Governor Tate Reeves, Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-002)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1458 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MS-003)
Mississippi Gaming Commission (Executive Director Allen Godfrey), Casino closure directive (March 2020) and reopening standards (May 2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. MS-059)
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City 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) (Ex. MS-060)
Biloxi Municipal Court, Supplemental Emergency Administrative Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-074)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-005)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, First Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring a civil emergency and for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MS-066)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1463 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-006)
Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-012 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MS-061)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1464 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MS-007)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1465 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MS-008)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1466 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MS-009)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Second Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MS-067)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1471 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MS-010)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1473 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MS-011)
Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-014 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MS-062)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1476 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. MS-013)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Third Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Minute Book 64, April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. MS-068)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1474 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. MS-012)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1477 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-014)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Fourth Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. MS-069)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1478 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-015)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1480 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. MS-016)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1483 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. MS-017)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1484 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-018)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1486 (May 15, 2020) (Ex. MS-019)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1488 (May 26, 2020) (Ex. MS-020)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1493 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. MS-023)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1491 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. MS-021)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1492 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. MS-022)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1496 (June 10, 2020) (Ex. MS-024)
Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-018 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MS-063)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1505 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MS-025)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Seventh Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring additional measures for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MS-070)
City of Starkville, City of Starkville COVID-19 Mask Resolution Summary (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MS-071)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1507 (July 10, 2020) (Ex. MS-026)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1508 (July 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-027)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1509 (July 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-028)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1511 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-029)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1512 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-030)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1514 (July 30, 2020) (Ex. MS-031)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1515 (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. MS-032)
Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-019 (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. MS-064)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1517 (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-034)
Mayor Andrew Gilich, Ninth Emergency Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order (Aug. 4, 2020) adopting the Governor's EO 1511 with a stricter alcohol clause, as extended Sept. 3, 2020 (Ex. MS-072)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1516 (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-033)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1518 (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. MS-035)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1519 (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. MS-036)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1520 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MS-037)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1522 (Sept. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-038)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1525 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. MS-039)
Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-020 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. MS-065)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1527 (Oct. 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-040)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1528 (Oct. 27, 2020) (Ex. MS-041)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1530 (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. MS-042)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1531 (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. MS-043)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1532 (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-044)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1533 (Dec. 1, 2020) (Ex. MS-045)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1535 (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. MS-046)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1536 (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. MS-047)
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH), State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MS-056)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1539 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. MS-048)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1542 (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. MS-049)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1543 (Feb. 3, 2021) (Ex. MS-050)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1549 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MS-051)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1550 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MS-052)
Husch Blackwell LLP (secondary tracker), Mississippi: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance (Apr. 15, 2021) (Ex. MS-076)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1551 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MS-053)
Mayor Andrew Gilich, Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order dated May 4, 2021 regarding the Governor's Executive Order No. 1551 (EO 1551 attached as Exhibit A) (Ex. MS-073)
Ballotpedia (secondary tracker), Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021 (June 14, 2021) (Ex. MS-075)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MS-077)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for thirty days (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. MS-054)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's announcement that the COVID-19 State of Emergency would expire November 20, 2021 (Ex. MS-055)