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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-DC-004	D.C. Act 23-247, COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 301(c)COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (amendments to the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, sections 5a, 7 and…	Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser)	District of ColumbiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-018	ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency	Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments	GeorgiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-IA-002	Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disasterIowa Code 2021, Section 135.144 - Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster	Iowa General Assembly	IowaState	Nov. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-013	DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation (news release)Iowa Department of Public Safety, 'DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation,' March 17, 2020	Iowa Department of Public Safety and Iowa Department of Public Health	IowaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-003	KRS 211.180Functions of cabinet in the regulation of certain health matters	Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 211, State Health Programs)	KentuckyState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-037	Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-020	DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020)MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance	MinnesotaState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-002	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved)Communicable diseases; Department of Health and Human Services; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008	DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 people	Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-009	Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health Disaster	Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-CO-016	Press release, 'State law enforcement and public health officials urge Coloradans to follow state public health order during coronavirus emergency' (Mar. 20, 2020)State law enforcement and public health officials urge Coloradans to follow state public health order during coronavirus emergency…	Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, with CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan and the Colorado Department of Public Safety	ColoradoState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	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. DUT-AL-016	Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order (March 21, 2020)Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order	Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama	AlabamaState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-034	Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020)Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United StatesFederal	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-003	20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability)Delaware Code, Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter V: Public Health Emergencies	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002))	DelawareState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-HI-001	Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 127A (Emergency Management), in particular §§ 127A-9, 127A-12(b)(14), 127A-13(a)(1), 127A-25 and 127A-29Emergency Management	Legislature of the State of Hawaii (codified as Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 127A, Emergency Management, Act 111, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014)	HawaiiState	Aug. 14, 2017	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-010	Enforcement guidance (letter)Business Closure Order Enforcement Guidance (letter to law enforcement executives and District Attorneys)	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (letter to the law-enforcement community and District Attorneys, published by the Pennsylvania State Police)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-017	Memorandum to Kansas Prosecutors and Law Enforcement, 'State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response' (March 24, 2020)State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response	Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General)	KansasState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	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-MA-032	DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file)Department of Public Health stay-at-home and safer-at-home advisories	Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel)	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyStay-at-homeOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-OR-010	Oregon State Police, Emergency Declaration Enforcement FAQ (Mar. 24, 2020): law-enforcement guidance on enforcement of Executive Order 20-12, 'Stay Home, Save Lives'Emergency Declaration Enforcement FAQ	Oregon State Police (published by Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, as the attachment to its COVID-19 Q&A)	OregonState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read

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)
Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser), D.C. Act 23-247, COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 301(c) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DC-004)
Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)
Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster (standing) (Ex. DUT-IA-002)
Iowa Department of Public Safety and Iowa Department of Public Health, DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation (news release) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IA-013)
Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 211, State Health Programs), KRS 211.180 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KY-003)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator), Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-037)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance, DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-020)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-002)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.), Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-009)
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)
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, with CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan and the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Press release, 'State law enforcement and public health officials urge Coloradans to follow state public health order during coronavirus emergency' (Mar. 20, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-016)
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)
Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order (March 21, 2020) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-034)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002)), 20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-003)
Legislature of the State of Hawaii (codified as Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 127A, Emergency Management, Act 111, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014), Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 127A (Emergency Management), in particular §§ 127A-9, 127A-12(b)(14), 127A-13(a)(1), 127A-25 and 127A-29 (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-001)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (letter to the law-enforcement community and District Attorneys, published by the Pennsylvania State Police), Enforcement guidance (letter) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-010)
Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General), Memorandum to Kansas Prosecutors and Law Enforcement, 'State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response' (March 24, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. DUT-KS-017)
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)
Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel), DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file) (Ex. DUT-MA-032)
Oregon State Police (published by Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, as the attachment to its COVID-19 Q&A), Oregon State Police, Emergency Declaration Enforcement FAQ (Mar. 24, 2020): law-enforcement guidance on enforcement of Executive Order 20-12, 'Stay Home, Save Lives' (Ex. DUT-OR-010)

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