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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. VT-054	Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participation	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-092	Governor's release, Small Modification Made to COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions for Upcoming HolidaysRestrictions on outdoor recreation and youth sports reduced (December 22, 2020)	Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release)	VermontState	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-064	Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trialsStatewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-058	Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (reissued December 23, 2020)Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio	Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-045	Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 09-21, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 - Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance Provisions (Dec. 30, 2020)Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 - Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance Provisions	ETA Assistant Secretary to State Workforce Agencies	United States Department of Labor, ETA (federal agency)Federal	Dec. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-349	FHFA news release of Aug. 27, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Dec. 31, 2020)FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums	Federal Housing Finance Agency	United States (Enterprise-backed mortgages)Federal	Aug. 27, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-016	Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorFifth Amended and Restated Order 12 (in force December 31, 2020 through January 31, 2021)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Dec. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-059	News release of Dec. 14, 2020 on the Amended Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (orders of Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 2020; changes effective Jan. 4, 2021)News Release: Amended Order re: Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063	February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcementsFebruary 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory for the February 2021 bar examinationCourt	Jan. 12, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-080	Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking)Missoula City-County Board of Health bar and restaurant rules, October 2020 to February 2021	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	Jan. 21, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-350	FHFA news release of Dec. 2, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Jan. 31, 2021)FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums	Federal Housing Finance Agency	United States (Enterprise-backed mortgages)Federal	Dec. 2, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-005	Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021)Emergency Management Law: Governor's powers to secure compliance with orders through law enforcement and the boards of health; proclamation…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empowered	MississippiState	Feb. 2, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-112	Prince William Judicial Center COVID-19 protocols (temperature checks and face coverings for all entrants)Prince William Judicial Center COVID-19 Protocols (county release, captured February 4, 2021)	Prince William County Circuit Court, General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court with the Sheriff's Office (county release)	Prince William County, Virginia (31st Judicial Circuit)Court	Feb. 4, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-042	News Release: Resumption of Jury TrialsResumption of Jury Trials (February 16, 2021)	Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (Public Information Officer Marita C. Ford)	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Feb. 16, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TX-050	TABC 'Coronavirus Information' page: chronology of TABC actions and Governor's waivers (March 2020 - March 2021)Coronavirus Information: Previous Actions (No Longer in Effect)	Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC)	TexasSector regulator	Mar. 10, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-077	Phase Two reopening emergency rule (bars, restaurants, casinos, breweries and distilleries closing at 10 p.m.; 50 percent capacity), as amended April 2021 (eight per table; bar-stool spacing 3 feet), and Board action removing the enforcement mechanism of the Quarantine and Isolation Rule and the nursing-home visitation rules (April 2021)Gallatin City-County Board of Health Phase Two reopening rule and April 2021 amendments	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 19, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MIA-024	Miami-Dade County 'Transit Service Updates' page (Wayback snapshot of Aug. 3, 2021)Transit mask requirement under federal mandate; restoration of fares and full capacity June 1, 2021; suspended fares, rear-door boarding and…	Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (County service-updates page)	Miami-Dade County, Florida (Department of Transportation and Public Works)County	Aug. 3, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-289	General Order 20-10 (court operations under COVID-19, March 2020) and its successors General Orders 20-11 through 20-30 (2020) and 21-11 (June 17, 2021)General Order 20-10: Court Operations (COVID-19), with successors (20-12 Grand Jury; 20-13, 20-15, 20-16, 20-17 Court Operations; 20-18…	Chief Judge G. Murray Snow	United States District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma)Court	June 17, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-382	USDA Rural Development releases of Dec. 2020, Jan. 2021 and Feb. 16-17, 2021 extending the Single Family Housing foreclosure and eviction moratorium and forbearance options (to Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and June 30, 2021)USDA Extends Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium and Forbearance Options for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed Loan Borrowers…	USDA Rural Development	United States (USDA Rural Development single-family loans)Federal	Dec. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-002	School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year (State reopening regimes, mid-year closures, return orders, monthly status)School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year	Ballotpedia	United States (fifty States)Other	June 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-106	Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year'State-by-State chronology of 2020-21 reopening orders, statewide closures (Kentucky Nov. 23, 2020; Michigan Nov. 18, 2020), in-person…	Ballotpedia (secondary source; Burbio data)	United States (50 States and D.C.)Other	July 8, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-007	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022)Legislative reprint of the epidemic-control, isolation, quarantine and detainment provisions (the bill's proposed addition, Governor's…	Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022)	MississippiState	Feb. 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-KS-001	Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021)AN ACT concerning public health; removing the authorization for a county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public…	Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115)	KansasState	July 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-HI-011	Hawaii Administrative Rules § 11-156-5, Isolation (chapter 11-156, Communicable Diseases)Isolation	Department of Health (rule); text read in the Legal Information Institute (Cornell) compilation of the Hawaii Administrative Rules	HawaiiState	Mar. 13, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-HI-012	Department of Health web page, 'Hawaii Isolation and Control Requirements' (Reporting an Illness: For Healthcare Providers)Hawaii Isolation and Control Requirements	Department of Health, Disease Outbreak Control Division	HawaiiState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source

Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020) (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. VT-054)
Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release), Governor's release, Small Modification Made to COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions for Upcoming Holidays (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. VT-092)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)
Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (reissued December 23, 2020) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. OH-058)
ETA Assistant Secretary to State Workforce Agencies, Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 09-21, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 - Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance Provisions (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-045)
Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of Aug. 27, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-349)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-016)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom), News release of Dec. 14, 2020 on the Amended Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (orders of Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 2020; changes effective Jan. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAC-059)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking) (Ex. MT-080)
Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of Dec. 2, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Jan. 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-350)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-005)
Prince William County Circuit Court, General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court with the Sheriff's Office (county release), Prince William Judicial Center COVID-19 protocols (temperature checks and face coverings for all entrants) (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-112)
Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (Public Information Officer Marita C. Ford), News Release: Resumption of Jury Trials (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-042)
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), TABC 'Coronavirus Information' page: chronology of TABC actions and Governor's waivers (March 2020 - March 2021) (Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. TX-050)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Phase Two reopening emergency rule (bars, restaurants, casinos, breweries and distilleries closing at 10 p.m.; 50 percent capacity), as amended April 2021 (eight per table; bar-stool spacing 3 feet), and Board action removing the enforcement mechanism of the Quarantine and Isolation Rule and the nursing-home visitation rules (April 2021) (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MT-077)
Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (County service-updates page), Miami-Dade County 'Transit Service Updates' page (Wayback snapshot of Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-MIA-024)
Chief Judge G. Murray Snow, General Order 20-10 (court operations under COVID-19, March 2020) and its successors General Orders 20-11 through 20-30 (2020) and 21-11 (June 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-289)
USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Development releases of Dec. 2020, Jan. 2021 and Feb. 16-17, 2021 extending the Single Family Housing foreclosure and eviction moratorium and forbearance options (to Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and June 30, 2021) (Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-382)
Ballotpedia, School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year (State reopening regimes, mid-year closures, return orders, monthly status) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-002)
Ballotpedia (secondary source; Burbio data), Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year' (July 8, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-106)
Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-007)
Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115), Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-001)
Department of Health (rule); text read in the Legal Information Institute (Cornell) compilation of the Hawaii Administrative Rules, Hawaii Administrative Rules § 11-156-5, Isolation (chapter 11-156, Communicable Diseases) (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-011)
Department of Health, Disease Outbreak Control Division, Department of Health web page, 'Hawaii Isolation and Control Requirements' (Reporting an Illness: For Healthcare Providers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-012)

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