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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MD-009	StatuteImmunity of health care providers acting in good faith and under a catastrophic health emergency proclamation	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A)	MarylandState	Mar. 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersOperating condition	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. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-013	Web guidance, 'Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments' (Food Worker and Establishment Guidance on COVID-19)Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program	AlaskaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-021	Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-004)Statewide Public Health Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care Facilities, K-12 Schools, Colleges, Universities…	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureSchools and child careOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-011	Memorandum to Entities Regulated by the Consumer Credit Unit, RE: COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020)Memorandum re COVID-19: employees working remotely; applications and notification filings	Colorado Attorney General, Department of Law, Consumer Protection Section, Consumer Credit Unit (Martha Fulford, Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code)	ColoradoState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTelework mandateOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-022	Statewide Public Health Order #2 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-005)Statewide Public Health Order Forbidding Gatherings of Ten (10) People or More	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyGathering capHealth care ordersOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. WA-016	Proclamation 20-25, Stay Home - Stay Healthy (Mar. 23, 2020), para. 3 and 3(b)Stay Home - Stay Healthy	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. CO-010	Executive Order D 2020 013 (existing library exhibit; cross-reference, not re-saved)Ordering Colorado Employers To Reduce In-Person Workforce by Fifty Percent Due to the Presence of COVID-19 in the State	Governor Jared Polis	ColoradoState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-021	COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (library exhibit MA-008; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Assuring Continued Operation of Essential Services in the Commonwealth, Closing Certain Workplaces, and Prohibiting Gatherings of More…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-021	Executive Order 9-20 (Stay at Home Order), §§ 2, 3 and 7 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-009; not re-saved)Operating conditions on the businesses permitted to operate: small offices 'must ensure that proper social distancing and hygiene practices…	Governor Jim Justice	West VirginiaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. WI-002	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17Safer at Home Order: operating conditions on Essential Businesses and Operations (technology to avoid meeting in person; Social Distancing…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-016	Alaska Essential Services and Critical Workforce Infrastructure Order (formerly Health Mandate 010 Attachment A), issued Mar. 27, 2020, amended Apr. 10 and May 5, 2020, secs. II.c-d, III, IV and V (cross-reference to Ex. AK-021; not re-saved)Alaska Essential Services and Critical Workforce Infrastructure Order: mandatory closures; exemptions; social distancing requirements…	Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, DHSS; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer	AlaskaState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-018	'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions (undated; posted March 2020)'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions	Office of the Governor and Alabama Department of Public Health (FAQ posted on governor.alabama.gov for the State Health Officer's amended order of March 27, 2020)	AlabamaState	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-021	Stay at Home Directive (Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to stay at home and designating certain essential functions) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-009)Stay at Home Directive, secs. 1, 2, 12 and II (operating conditions and enforcement clause)	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-028	Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 designating childcare an Essential Business and establishing operating requirements (cross-reference to Ex. MT-025)Childcare Directive: mandatory operating requirements	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. CO-016	Third Updated Public Health Order 20-24, § III Critical Businesses (existing library exhibit; cross-reference)Implementing Stay at Home Requirements	Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director, CDPHE	ColoradoState	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ND-027	Executive Order 2020-27 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit)Early childhood services: licensing inspection, staff-training and operating requirements suspended; Department of Human Services Modified…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-033	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance command	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.	Nebraska (statewide)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WV-022	Executive Order 20-20 (hotspot order), paras. 2 and 3 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-017; parallel Exs. WV-018, WV-019, WV-021; not re-saved)Telework mandate on every essential employer, public and private; local health departments directed to set and enforce per-square-foot…	Governor Jim Justice	West Virginia (Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties; parallel orders for Harrison, Kanawha, Monongalia, Marion, Cabell, Ohio, Wayne, Wood and Jackson Counties)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-017	Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order (April 5, 2020)Guidance for Law Enforcement -- Subject: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order	Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama	AlabamaState	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. SD-009	Executive Order 2020-12Mandatory COVID-19 order to South Dakotans, employers, enclosed retail businesses, healthcare organizations and local governments	Governor Kristi Noem	South DakotaState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-015	DECD, Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers (Apr. 7, 2020; version captured Apr. 15, 2020)Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers - Keeping your team members safe	Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, under Executive Order No. 7V § 1	ConnecticutState	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-015	SB 241, ch. 10 SLA 2020, secs. 15 and 32 (cross-reference to Ex. AK-002; not re-saved)Workers' compensation presumption of compensability; liability: personal protective equipment	Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSSB 241(FIN)), signed by Governor Dunleavy	AlaskaState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-015	D.C. Act 23-286, COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 401(b)(1)(B) (new sec. 7-2304.01(d)(3A))COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (public health emergency liability exemption)	Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser)	District of ColumbiaState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyOperating conditionOther	Primary source read

Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-009)
Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020, Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MS-010)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program, Web guidance, 'Preventing the Spread of COVID-19: Guidance for Food Establishments' (Food Worker and Establishment Guidance on COVID-19) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AK-013)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-004) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-021)
Colorado Attorney General, Department of Law, Consumer Protection Section, Consumer Credit Unit (Martha Fulford, Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code), Memorandum to Entities Regulated by the Consumer Credit Unit, RE: COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CO-011)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Statewide Public Health Order #2 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-005) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-022)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-25, Stay Home - Stay Healthy (Mar. 23, 2020), para. 3 and 3(b) (Ex. WA-016)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 013 (existing library exhibit; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. CO-010)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (library exhibit MA-008; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-021)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 9-20 (Stay at Home Order), §§ 2, 3 and 7 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-009; not re-saved) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-021)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers, Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. WI-002)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, DHSS; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer, Alaska Essential Services and Critical Workforce Infrastructure Order (formerly Health Mandate 010 Attachment A), issued Mar. 27, 2020, amended Apr. 10 and May 5, 2020, secs. II.c-d, III, IV and V (cross-reference to Ex. AK-021; not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-AK-016)
Office of the Governor and Alabama Department of Public Health (FAQ posted on governor.alabama.gov for the State Health Officer's amended order of March 27, 2020), 'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions (undated; posted March 2020) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-018)
Governor Steve Bullock, Stay at Home Directive (Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to stay at home and designating certain essential functions) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-009) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-021)
Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 designating childcare an Essential Business and establishing operating requirements (cross-reference to Ex. MT-025) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-028)
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director, CDPHE, Third Updated Public Health Order 20-24, § III Critical Businesses (existing library exhibit; cross-reference) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. CO-016)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-27 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. ND-027)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-033)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 20-20 (hotspot order), paras. 2 and 3 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-017; parallel Exs. WV-018, WV-019, WV-021; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-022)
Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order (April 5, 2020) (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-017)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-12 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SD-009)
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, under Executive Order No. 7V § 1, DECD, Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers (Apr. 7, 2020; version captured Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CT-015)
Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSSB 241(FIN)), signed by Governor Dunleavy, SB 241, ch. 10 SLA 2020, secs. 15 and 32 (cross-reference to Ex. AK-002; not re-saved) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AK-015)
Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser), D.C. Act 23-286, COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 401(b)(1)(B) (new sec. 7-2304.01(d)(3A)) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DC-015)

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