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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MA-065	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Scheduling and Performance of Elective Invasive ProceduresWinter curtailment of non-essential elective invasive procedures	Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel	MassachusettsState	Dec. 7, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-038	COVID-19 Order No. 57Further Revised Order Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 54)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MA-039	COVID-19 Order No. 58Order Returning All Municipalities to Phase III, Step 1 COVID-19 Safety Rules (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 56)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Allowing Certain Individuals to Administer Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines (revised Dec. 18, 2020; original Nov. 2, 2020)Paramedics, EMTs, and medical and nursing students may administer influenza vaccine and EUA COVID-19 vaccines under a practitioner's order…	Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public Health	Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State	Dec. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MA-040	COVID-19 Order No. 59Order Temporarily Applying Further Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules (Revising Restrictions Otherwise Applicable…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MA-041	COVID-19 Order No. 60Order Extending the Provisions of COVID-19 Order No. 59 (to noon January 24, 2021)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Jan. 7, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-042	COVID-19 Order No. 62Order Further Extending Application of Additional Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules and Rescinding Early Closing…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Jan. 21, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-069	MBTA 'Forging Ahead' Commuter Rail service reductions approved Dec. 14, 2020, effective Jan. 23, 2021 (weekend service eliminated on most lines; reduced weekday schedules)Commuter Rail Schedule Changes Approved in December Take Effect January 23 (2021)	MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (approval Dec. 14, 2020); MBTA	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Commuter Rail)State	Jan. 7, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-043	COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021)Further Revised Order Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 57)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Feb. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MA-044	COVID-19 Order No. 65Order Advancing All Communities to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 58)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Feb. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MA-066	Rescission of Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (elective invasive procedures)Rescission of the December 7, 2020 elective-procedures order	Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel	MassachusettsState	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047	Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text)Board's March 5, 2021 emergency amendment authorizing the Commissioner to determine when hybrid and remote learning models no longer count…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-013	COVID-19 Order No. 66Order advancing to Phase IV Step 1 and rescinding the travel order (Order No. 45)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-045	COVID-19 Order No. 66Order Advancing All Communities to Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Re-Opening Plan and Transitioning to a Travel Advisory Policy…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-070	MBTA Spring 2021 Commuter Rail schedules (direction set Feb. 22, 2021; schedules effective Apr. 5, 2021)MBTA Sets Direction for Spring 2021 Commuter Rail Schedules	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Commuter Rail)State	Feb. 22, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-071	MBTA notice of Apr. 30, 2021: face coverings continue to be required on MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms for all riders including the fully vaccinated; State civil fines end Apr. 30, 2021, denial of boarding and removal continueReminder: Face Coverings Continue To Be Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations and Platforms	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MA-046	COVID-19 Order No. 67Further Revised Order Regarding Face Coverings	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 29, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MA-047	COVID-19 Order No. 68Order Reopening Certain Phase IV, Step 2 Enterprises	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 7, 2021	2021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-072	MBTA notice of May 14, 2021: face coverings required on vehicles, in stations and facilities, on platforms and at bus stops for all riders regardless of vaccination statusReminder: Face Coverings Are Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations and Platforms	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	May 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068	603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021)603 CMR 27.08 as amended: Commissioner's authority to require in-person instruction and to determine that hybrid and remote models no longer…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner; State levelState	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-028	Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved)Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth (the 'modified public health emergency')	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MA-049	Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (the 'modified public health emergency')Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-059	News item republished by the Authority, 'Boston convention centers set to reopen for events at full capacity' (May 19, 2021)Convention centers cleared to reopen at full capacity from May 29, 2021	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a Boston Herald report)	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, MassachusettsState	May 19, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MA-027	COVID-19 Order No. 69 (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-048; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Announcing the Termination of the March 10, 2020 State of Emergency and Rescinding COVID-19 Executive Orders	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-029	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-050; cross-reference, not re-saved)DPH face-covering order for health care facilities and board-licensed practice locations, congregate care, shelters, houses of correction…	Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor	MassachusettsState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read

Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Scheduling and Performance of Elective Invasive Procedures (Dec. 7, 2020) (Ex. MA-065)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 57 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. MA-038)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 58 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. MA-039)
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Allowing Certain Individuals to Administer Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines (revised Dec. 18, 2020; original Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 59 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. MA-040)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 60 (Jan. 7, 2021) (Ex. MA-041)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 62 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. MA-042)
MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (approval Dec. 14, 2020); MBTA, MBTA 'Forging Ahead' Commuter Rail service reductions approved Dec. 14, 2020, effective Jan. 23, 2021 (weekend service eliminated on most lines; reduced weekday schedules) (Jan. 7, 2021) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-069)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021) (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. MA-043)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 65 (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. MA-044)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, Rescission of Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (elective invasive procedures) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MA-066)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board), Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text) (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 66 (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-013)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 66 (Mar. 18, 2021) (Ex. MA-045)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA Spring 2021 Commuter Rail schedules (direction set Feb. 22, 2021; schedules effective Apr. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-070)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice of Apr. 30, 2021: face coverings continue to be required on MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms for all riders including the fully vaccinated; State civil fines end Apr. 30, 2021, denial of boarding and removal continue (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-071)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 67 (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MA-046)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 68 (May 7, 2021) (Ex. MA-047)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice of May 14, 2021: face coverings required on vehicles, in stations and facilities, on platforms and at bus stops for all riders regardless of vaccination status (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-072)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068)
Governor Charles D. Baker, Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-028)
Governor Charles D. Baker, Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (the 'modified public health emergency') (May 28, 2021) (Ex. MA-049)
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a Boston Herald report), News item republished by the Authority, 'Boston convention centers set to reopen for events at full capacity' (May 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-059)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 69 (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-048; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-027)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-050; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-029)

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