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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ID-004	Idaho Code section 39-415Quarantine (district board's quarantine authority coextensive with the State's)	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 39, ch. 4)	IdahoState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AZ-020	Law-firm legal alertArizona Executive Orders on Coronavirus: Enforcement and Penalties (March 26, 2020; updated March 31, 2020)	Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (legal alert; contemporaneous secondary source)	ArizonaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-016	DHS web guidance, 'COVID-19: Businesses and Employers' (page as captured March 26, 2020)Guidance for Employers: what employers can do now to prepare for COVID-19 impacts to the workplace (sick leave, staying home when sick, hand…	Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health	WisconsinState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-015	Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplaceQuestions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues…	Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services	OregonState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesStanding duty	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-SC-010	SC OSHA web page, 'SC OSHA COVID-19 Worker Safety Guidance' (scosha.llronline.com/coronavirus.aspx)SC OSHA COVID-19 Worker Safety Guidance: SC OSHA Guidance on Returning to Work; Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (SC OSHA)…	South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA)	South CarolinaState	June 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-015	SC OSHA FastFact, 'Employers play an important role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 - March 2020' (created March 28, 2020)Employers play an important role in controlling the spread of COVID-19: infectious disease safety strategies, social distancing, workplace…	South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA)	South CarolinaState	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-018	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citationsDo the Governor's extraordinary powers in a state of emergency preempt similar orders of counties and municipalities during the same state…	Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123)	South CarolinaState	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-010	W. Va. Code § 61-5-17Obstructing officer; fleeing from officer; making false statements to officer; interfering with emergency communications; penalties…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-010	Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders (revised Mar. 31, 2020)Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders	Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (Department of Law)	ColoradoState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	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. DUT-FL-017	FAQs for Executive Order 20-91: Essential Services and Activities during COVID-19FAQs for Executive Order 20-91 (Essential Services and Activities during COVID-19)	Executive Office of the Governor (FAQ released Apr. 3, 2020 to accompany Executive Order 20-91; the copy saved is Palm Beach County's archived copy of the State document)	FloridaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-016	GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020COVID19 (Georgia Department of Economic Development guidance to businesses on the shelter-in-place order, Critical Infrastructure…	Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure status	GeorgiaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureOther	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-SD-018	Flyer: 'Combat the Spread of COVID-19: Follow the Governor's Executive Order. What can community leaders do?' (dated April 3, 2020)What can community leaders do? Support your community; support your businesses; stick to the facts	South Dakota Department of Health / covid.sd.gov (Office of the Governor)	South DakotaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
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. DUT-CT-012	Executive Order No. 7U, § 1 (Apr. 5, 2020): Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in Support of the State's COVID-19 Response (health care professionals and facilities); superseded and replaced by EO 7V § 6 (Apr. 7, 2020, Ex. CT-014); facility immunity expired Mar. 1, 2021 by EO 10A § 4 (Ex. CT-036)Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in…	Governor Ned Lamont	ConnecticutState	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-014	MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA)	MinnesotaState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-006	Administrative rule: OAR 333-019-0010, Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions (COVID-19 added to the 'restrictable diseases' for food service facilities, schools, children's facilities and health care facilities by PH 17-2020)OAR 333-019-0010: no person may work at a school, child care facility, health care facility or food service facility while in a communicable…	Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (rule filed with the Secretary of State; official Oregon Administrative Rules Database text)	OregonState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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-MT-031	DPHHS legal memorandum: Application of March 26, 2020 Directive to craft and hobby stores (cross-reference to Ex. MT-029)Application of March 26, 2020, Directive to craft and hobby stores	Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Legal Affairs	MontanaState	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closure	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-021	In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas, et al. (petition for writ of mandamus; GA-09)	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting)	Texas (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)Court	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read

Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 39, ch. 4), Idaho Code section 39-415 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-004)
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (legal alert; contemporaneous secondary source), Law-firm legal alert (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AZ-020)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, DHS web guidance, 'COVID-19: Businesses and Employers' (page as captured March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-016)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplace (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-015)
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)
South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA), SC OSHA web page, 'SC OSHA COVID-19 Worker Safety Guidance' (scosha.llronline.com/coronavirus.aspx) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-010)
South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA), SC OSHA FastFact, 'Employers play an important role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 - March 2020' (created March 28, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-015)
Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citations (Ex. DUT-SC-018)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 61-5-17 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-010)
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (Department of Law), Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders (revised Mar. 31, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-010)
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)
Executive Office of the Governor (FAQ released Apr. 3, 2020 to accompany Executive Order 20-91; the copy saved is Palm Beach County's archived copy of the State document), FAQs for Executive Order 20-91: Essential Services and Activities during COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FL-017)
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure status, GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-016)
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)
South Dakota Department of Health / covid.sd.gov (Office of the Governor), Flyer: 'Combat the Spread of COVID-19: Follow the Governor's Executive Order. What can community leaders do?' (dated April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-SD-018)
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 Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7U, § 1 (Apr. 5, 2020): Protection from Civil Liability for Actions or Omissions in Support of the State's COVID-19 Response (health care professionals and facilities); superseded and replaced by EO 7V § 6 (Apr. 7, 2020, Ex. CT-014); facility immunity expired Mar. 1, 2021 by EO 10A § 4 (Ex. CT-036) (Ex. DUT-CT-012)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA), MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-014)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (rule filed with the Secretary of State; official Oregon Administrative Rules Database text), Administrative rule: OAR 333-019-0010, Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions (COVID-19 added to the 'restrictable diseases' for food service facilities, schools, children's facilities and health care facilities by PH 17-2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-006)
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)
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Legal Affairs, DPHHS legal memorandum: Application of March 26, 2020 Directive to craft and hobby stores (cross-reference to Ex. MT-029) (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-031)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting), In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772 (Ex. DUT-TX-021)

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