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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-SAT-071	In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)	Supreme Court of Texas	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-046	Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-038	Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Aug. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-048	Message to the HISD community on virtual instruction (Aug. 19, 2021)Temporary virtual instruction for quarantined students; virtual academy for immunocompromised students under twelve from August 30, 2021	Superintendent Millard House II	Houston Independent School District, TexasCity	Aug. 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-042	News release, 'After more than a year of suspending disconnects for nonpayment, CPS Energy will resume normal billing operations in September' (July 28, 2021)Disconnection suspension since March 2020 to end in September 2021, beginning with large and industrial commercial customers; late fees…	CPS Energy	CPS Energy (San Antonio), TexasCity	July 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-053	Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021)Public Health Guidance (September 2, 2021)	Texas Education Agency (TEA)	TexasSector regulator	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-022	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0020-21Lifting of COVID-19 statutory suspensions	Commissioner of Insurance	Texas; Texas Department of InsuranceSector regulator	July 22, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086	Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049	Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021)Mask mandate continues under a temporary injunction authorizing the District to keep requiring masks at all campuses, facilities and buses	Superintendent Millard House II	Houston Independent School District, TexasCity	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095	Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)	Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)	Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)Court	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-055	Eighth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster and Renewal of SameEighth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster (Sept. 29, 2021; renewed through Nov. 23, 2021)	Tarrant County Judge and Commissioners Court	Tarrant County, TexasCounty	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054	Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-079	Harris County 'COVID-19 County Judge Orders' index (49 orders, March 11, 2020 - August 17, 2021), captured Sept. 30, 2021COVID-19 County Judge Orders index	Harris County Commissioners Court (agenda site)	Harris County, TexasCounty	Sept. 30, 2021		Other	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071	Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-073	Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021Bexar County Health Authority Health Advisory, October 1, 2021	C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority	Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)County	Oct. 1, 2021		Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TX-065	Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-039	Executive Order GA-40Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates, subject to legislative action	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Oct. 11, 2021		Vaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-074	Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, 648 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2021), affirming the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio, No. 04-21-00342-CV, Opinion (Delivered and Filed November 10, 2021)	Fourth Court of Appeals (Martinez, C.J.; Chapa and Rios, JJ.)	Fourth Court of Appeals, San AntonioCourt	Nov. 10, 2021		Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-066	Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure)Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Nov. 10, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-096	Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV, 665 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App.--Dallas Nov. 22, 2021) (Nowell, J.), vacated (Tex. June 30, 2023)Fifth Court of Appeals opinion (Nowell, J.) affirming the temporary injunction against GA-38 in favor of Dallas County (Nov. 22, 2021)	Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell)	Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)Court	Nov. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-067	Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Nov. 23, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-060	Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris County	Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas	Texas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)Court	Jan. 6, 2022		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-032	Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceFace-mask order as modified Feb. 25, 2022 (long-term care, health-care and congregate settings)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Feb. 25, 2022		Face-covering requirementHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-033	Rescission of County Judge Clay Jenkins COVID-19 Health and Safety Order Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities Issued August 4, 2020Rescission of the LTCF order of Aug. 4, 2020 (Mar. 8, 2022)	Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Mar. 8, 2022		Face-covering requirementHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-056	County Judge Order 2022-02 Terminating Amended Order 2021-09a; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Designated Travis County FacilitiesOrder terminating County Judge Order 2021-09a (face coverings in designated County facilities) effective March 22, 2022	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, TexasCounty	Mar. 22, 2022		Other	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 order (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-071)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction) (Ex. TX-046)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (Aug. 29, 2021) (Ex. TX-038)
Superintendent Millard House II, Message to the HISD community on virtual instruction (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-048)
CPS Energy, News release, 'After more than a year of suspending disconnects for nonpayment, CPS Energy will resume normal billing operations in September' (July 28, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-042)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-053)
Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0020-21 (July 22, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-022)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118 (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-086)
Superintendent Millard House II, Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049)
Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell), Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-095)
Tarrant County Judge and Commissioners Court, Eighth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster and Renewal of Same (Sept. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-055)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-054)
Harris County Commissioners Court (agenda site), Harris County 'COVID-19 County Judge Orders' index (49 orders, March 11, 2020 - August 17, 2021), captured Sept. 30, 2021 (Ex. MET-HOU-079)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-071)
C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority, Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021 (Oct. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-073)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119 (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. TX-065)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-40 (Oct. 11, 2021) (Ex. TX-039)
Fourth Court of Appeals (Martinez, C.J.; Chapa and Rios, JJ.), Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, 648 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2021), affirming the temporary injunction (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-074)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure) (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. TX-066)
Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell), Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV, 665 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App.--Dallas Nov. 22, 2021) (Nowell, J.), vacated (Tex. June 30, 2023) (Ex. MET-DFW-096)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145 (Nov. 23, 2021) (Ex. TX-067)
Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas, Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-HOU-060)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public Space (Feb. 25, 2022) (Ex. MET-DFW-032)
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, Rescission of County Judge Clay Jenkins COVID-19 Health and Safety Order Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities Issued August 4, 2020 (Mar. 8, 2022) (Ex. MET-DFW-033)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order 2022-02 Terminating Amended Order 2021-09a; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (Mar. 22, 2022) (Ex. MET-AUS-056)

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