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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-046	Emergency rule amending 22 TAC § 190.8(2)(U): Notice and Compliance Requirements Concerning COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice (press release of Apr. 30, 2020 quoting the rule)TMB Adopts Emergency Rule Related to Gov. Abbott's Executive Order GA-19 (COVID-19 minimum standards of safe practice: masks, screening, N95…	Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee	Texas Medical Board; State levelSector regulator	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-064	Resolution of Public Health Emergency (Resolution No. 5216-04-2020, approved Apr. 29, 2020; filed May 1, 2020)Resolution extending the public health emergency coterminous with the Governor's State of Disaster and superseding all prior declarations	Fort Worth City Council	City of Fort Worth, TexasCity	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-047	Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-013	Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-016	Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity and personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-017	Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisionsEmergency Rule 108.7 (version effective Feb. 19, 2021, strikethrough)	Texas State Board of Dental Examiners	TexasSector regulator	Feb. 19, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-012	Executive Order GA-19Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-043	Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services)The Governor's Report to Open Texas	Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035	Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020Telework for selected employees; in-person unit interviews suspended (video or telephone); in-person office interviews of offender families…	Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer)	Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; State levelState	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-23-004	Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Temporary Exceptions to Certain Administrative Rules (three Commission orders adopted May 5, 2020)Temporary Exceptions to Certain Administrative Rules	Railroad Commission of Texas (Commissioners Wayne Christian, Christi Craddick, Ryan Sitton), open meeting of May 5, 2020, conference agenda item 189	TexasSector regulator	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-015	Executive Order GA-22Relating to confinement during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Barber Shops	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (barber program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Nail Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program, nail salons)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-062	Governor's release, 'Governor Abbott, Texas National Guard Launch Disinfection Mission For Nursing Facilities'Activation of Guard Facilities Disinfection Teams (Joint Task Force 176) to disinfect nursing homes in coordination with HHSC; recital of…	Governor Greg Abbott (with Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris)	Texas (Governor; Texas National Guard; Health and Human Services Commission); State levelState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-017	TSBP Guidance Statements re: COVID-19 (Issued May 15, 2020)Guidance Statements re: COVID-19: dispensing in compliance with Emergency Board Rule 291.30 (hydroxychloroquine); diagnosis verification…	Texas State Board of Pharmacy	Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-003	Emergency amendment to 16 TAC § 50.28 (Verification and Expiration of Seller Server Certificates)Emergency Rule extending the expiration of seller server certificates during the COVID-19 shutdown	Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission	Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040	Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates…	Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-018	Executive Order GA-25Relating to the closing of county and municipal jails to in-person visitation in response to the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Driving Schools	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, applied by TDLR (driver education and safety program)State	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TX-059	Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-087	Industry Notice 2020-08Department of Banking Resumes Examination Process in June	Charles G. Cooper, Banking Commissioner	Texas; Texas Department of BankingSector regulator	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-086	COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Hays County JudiciaryOperating plan for the Hays County courts (remote proceedings; no non-essential in-person proceedings before June 1, 2020; staff face…	Hays County judiciary (local administrative district judge and courts of Hays County)	Hays County, Texas (county judiciary)Court	June 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-23-005	Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing SystemUpdate to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System	Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Drilling Permits section	TexasSector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041	Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas	Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	June 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read

Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee, Emergency rule amending 22 TAC § 190.8(2)(U): Notice and Compliance Requirements Concerning COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice (press release of Apr. 30, 2020 quoting the rule) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-046)
Fort Worth City Council, Resolution of Public Health Emergency (Resolution No. 5216-04-2020, approved Apr. 29, 2020; filed May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-064)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-047)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-013)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-016)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisions (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-017)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-012)
Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS, Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-043)
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer), Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035)
Railroad Commission of Texas (Commissioners Wayne Christian, Christi Craddick, Ryan Sitton), open meeting of May 5, 2020, conference agenda item 189, Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Temporary Exceptions to Certain Administrative Rules (three Commission orders adopted May 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-004)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-22 (May 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-015)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012)
Governor Greg Abbott (with Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris), Governor's release, 'Governor Abbott, Texas National Guard Launch Disinfection Mission For Nursing Facilities' (May 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-062)
Texas State Board of Pharmacy, TSBP Guidance Statements re: COVID-19 (Issued May 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-017)
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Emergency amendment to 16 TAC § 50.28 (Verification and Expiration of Seller Server Certificates) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-003)
Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-25 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. TX-018)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073)
Supreme Court of Texas, Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071 (May 26, 2020) (Ex. TX-059)
Charles G. Cooper, Banking Commissioner, Industry Notice 2020-08 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-087)
Hays County judiciary (local administrative district judge and courts of Hays County), COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Hays County Judiciary (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-086)
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Drilling Permits section, Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-005)
Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)

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