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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ND-013	Executive Order 2020-06.1 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit)Expanded closures (cosmetology, salons, barbers, tattoo, tanning, massage) from Mar. 28, 2020; restaurant, bar, recreation and theater…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureStanding duty	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. SD-032	2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1An Act to revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency	South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor	South DakotaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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-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-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
Ex. DUT-KS-018	Addendum 1 to the March 24, 2020 memorandum, regarding restrictions on religious facilities, services or activities set forth in EO 20-18 (April 8, 2020)Addendum 1 to March 24, 2020, law enforcement duties and authorities memorandum regarding restrictions on religious facilities, services or…	Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General)	KansasState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. ND-021	State Health Officer Confinement Order 2020-02.1 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit)Fourteen-day quarantine of any person entering North Dakota from another state or country who is not merely passing through; hotels as…	State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte, North Dakota Department of Health	North DakotaState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-004	Order Declaring Public Health Emergency 2020-01Order Declaring Public Health Emergency (Minnehaha County), April 10, 2020	Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health, with the consent and authorization of Governor Kristi Noem	Minnehaha County, South Dakota (declared by the State Secretary of Health)State	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-013	20 V.S.A. sec. 20 (Immunities and defenses)Immunities and defenses	Vermont General Assembly (Title 20, chapter 1)	VermontState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-020	Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part)Laura Kelly, Governor of the State of Kansas, v. Legislative Coordinating Council, et al.	Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam)	KansasCourt	Apr. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-017	Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Provide Liability Protections for Health Care Workers and Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic	General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. WI-032	2019 Wisconsin Act 185 § 98, Immunity for health care providers during COVID-19 emergency (Wis. Stat. § 895.4801)Immunity for health care professionals, providers and their employees, agents and contractors for services during the Executive Order #72…	Wisconsin Legislature; Governor Tony Evers (signed)	WisconsinState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-014	Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 20-07Governor's Emergency Management Executive Orders	Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee	TennesseeState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-013	Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers' Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020)State guidance stating that federal and Illinois law require employers to maintain a safe and healthy workplace, that employers are required…	Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor's Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health	IllinoisState	Dec. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-013	IDOL web page, 'Non-formal IOSHA Complaints Related to COVID-19' (live page, rendered Sept. 28, 2026; the page refers to the May 1, 2020 Back On Track plan and to the IDOL COVID-19 page, Ex. DUT-IN-014)IDOL statement that COVID-19 workplace complaints are received and processed through the IOSHA formal and non-formal complaint process	Indiana Department of Labor (IOSHA)	IndianaState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-007	IDAPA 16.02.10, Idaho Reportable Diseases (2020 edition of the Idaho Administrative Code; subsections of Section 065 amended effective March 20, 2020)Idaho Reportable Diseases: investigation and control of reportable diseases; closure of places of public assembly; orders for isolation and…	Idaho Board of Health and Welfare (rulemaking) and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health	IdahoState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-023	42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing)§ 483.80 Infection control	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities)	United StatesFederal	Oct. 4, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-014	SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212SH3 Health Consulting, LLC, et al. v. St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page, et al.: Memorandum and Order	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.)	Missouri (Eastern District of Missouri; St. Louis City and St. Louis County orders)Court	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-019	COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 10, 2020)Rhode Island Department of Human Services, COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions	Rhode Island Department of Human Services (Child Care Licensing)	Rhode IslandState	May 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-018	Phase I: General Business/Organization GuidelinesPhase I: General Business/Organization Guidelines (Reopening RI)	State of Rhode Island, Reopening RI (the Governor's reopening program, published with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Business Regulation at ReopeningRI.com, the site the executive orders directed businesses to consult)	Rhode IslandState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MN-020	Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020)Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-018	State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020Vermont AG files first Covid-19 non-compliance lawsuit against Rutland gym (VTDigger, May 15, 2020)	State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020	Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-06.1 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. ND-013)
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)
South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor, 2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SD-032)
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)
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)
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)
Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General), Addendum 1 to the March 24, 2020 memorandum, regarding restrictions on religious facilities, services or activities set forth in EO 20-18 (April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-KS-018)
State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte, North Dakota Department of Health, State Health Officer Confinement Order 2020-02.1 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. ND-021)
Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health, with the consent and authorization of Governor Kristi Noem, Order Declaring Public Health Emergency 2020-01 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-SD-004)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 20, chapter 1), 20 V.S.A. sec. 20 (Immunities and defenses) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-013)
Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam), Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part) (Ex. DUT-KS-020)
General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law), Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MA-017)
Wisconsin Legislature; Governor Tony Evers (signed), 2019 Wisconsin Act 185 § 98, Immunity for health care providers during COVID-19 emergency (Wis. Stat. § 895.4801) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. WI-032)
Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 20-07 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TN-014)
Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor's Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health, Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers' Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020) (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-013)
Indiana Department of Labor (IOSHA), IDOL web page, 'Non-formal IOSHA Complaints Related to COVID-19' (live page, rendered Sept. 28, 2026; the page refers to the May 1, 2020 Back On Track plan and to the IDOL COVID-19 page, Ex. DUT-IN-014) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-013)
Idaho Board of Health and Welfare (rulemaking) and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health, IDAPA 16.02.10, Idaho Reportable Diseases (2020 edition of the Idaho Administrative Code; subsections of Section 065 amended effective March 20, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-007)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities), 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-023)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.), SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212 (Ex. DUT-MO-014)
Rhode Island Department of Human Services (Child Care Licensing), COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-RI-019)
State of Rhode Island, Reopening RI (the Governor's reopening program, published with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Business Regulation at ReopeningRI.com, the site the executive orders directed businesses to consult), Phase I: General Business/Organization Guidelines (May 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-RI-018)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-020)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020, State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020 (Ex. DUT-VT-018)

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