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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ID-009	Idaho Code section 46-601 (text as in force March 2020 through May 9, 2021)Governor's authority: state of extreme emergency; police power; rules, regulations and orders	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 46, ch. 6)	IdahoState	June 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-010	Idaho Code section 46-1008 as amended by House Bills 391, 392 and 393 (2021) (text as in force from May 10, 2021, captured July 27, 2021)The governor and disaster emergencies, as amended: orders must be essential and narrowly tailored without unnecessary restrictions on the…	Idaho Legislature, Sixty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session (H0393, 2021 ch. 355; H0392, 2021 ch. 356; H0391, 2021 ch. 357; all effective May 10, 2021)	IdahoState	May 10, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	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-KY-017	KRS 39A.100Emergency powers of Governor and local chief executive officers	Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 39A)	KentuckyState	Apr. 3, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-001	G.L. c. 17, s. 2AEmergency powers of the Commissioner of Public Health upon the Governor's declaration of an emergency detrimental to the public health	General Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-008	Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104General authority of governor	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-019	North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024)Opinion: the Emergency Management Act 'grants the Governor the ability to impose significant restrictions or prohibitions on otherwise…	Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Aug. 22, 2025		Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-008	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved)Emergency Management Act; Governor; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-004	NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-5 (Declaring a state of public health emergency) and 12-10A-6 (Special powers during a public health emergency)Public Health Emergency Response Act: the Governor's declaration, the Secretary of Health's coordination of the response, and the special…	Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Emergency Response Act)	New MexicoState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-008	63 O.S. 6403Declaration of Catastrophic Health Emergency - Governor's Authority	Oklahoma Legislature (Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act)	OklahomaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-009	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-7Governor's general powers	Rhode Island General Assembly (power vested in the Governor)	Rhode IslandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-UT-009	Utah Code section 53-2a-204Authority of governor -- Federal assistance -- Fraud or willful misstatement in application for financial assistance -- Penalty	Utah Legislature (Utah Code Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 2; version effective June 25, 2020)	UtahState	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. IA-066	Board of Supervisors news release, 'Polk County Unable to Enact Local Measures to Control Spread of COVID-19, Despite Rapidly Rising Case Counts'Release recording that the Board declined to adopt a countywide mask mandate 'due to concerns about the legality and enforceability' under…	Polk County Board of Supervisors	Polk County, IowaCounty	Aug. 28, 2020		Other	Primary source read
Ex. KS-023	State of Disaster Emergency Proclamation of May 26, 2020State of Disaster Emergency Proclamation: Governor's intent to protect Kansans from the economic consequences of COVID-19 and the imminent…	Governor Laura Kelly	KansasState	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. KY-040	2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14)An Act relating to reopening the economy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in response to the state of emergency declared by the Governor of…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	KentuckyState	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MD-006	Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): businesses that may remain open under Order 20-03-23-01Interpretive Guidance Number COVID19-04, Re: Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland, Number 20-03-23-01, dated March 23, 2020	Office of Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor	MarylandState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Primary source read
Ex. ME-009	FAQs: Business Closures, Executive Order Number 19 (V2)Governor's Executive Order Number 19 Issued March 24, 2020 FAQs	Office of the Governor / DECD	MaineSector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-007	Executive Order 2020-113Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of…	Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms	City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCity	July 8, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-005	Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200508-011Stay Home - Work Safe Order (Governor's reopening phase incorporated; distancing, hygiene and face-covering behaviors ordered; test-result…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-089	Public Health Order 20-006 Rescinding Order 20-005 in Light of Colorado Governor's Executive Order D 2020 138Notice of Jefferson County Public Health Order 20-006 (July 16, 2020)	Executive Director, JCPH (Mark B. Johnson)	Jefferson County, ColoradoCounty	July 16, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-038	City of Dallas FAQ: Federal Orders and Directives, Governor's Executive Orders, City of Dallas Emergency Regulations (revised July 30, 2021)Emergency Regulations FAQ as revised July 30, 2021	City of Dallas	City of Dallas, TexasCity	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-020	Mayor's Proclamation declaring that a State of Emergency exists within the City of Las Vegas; Resolution ratifying the Proclamation and directing activation of the City's Emergency Management Plan; Resolution confirming the State of Emergency and requesting the Governor's proclamation and State and federal assistanceResolution of the City of Las Vegas City Council ratifying the Mayor's Proclamation declaring that a State of Emergency exists within said…	Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman (Proclamation); Las Vegas City Council (ratifying resolution, 7-0, Mar. 18, 2020, item 66)	City of Las Vegas, NevadaCity	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationTelework mandate	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-026	Clark County emergency ordinance adding Clark County Code 3.04.065 (Violation of Declaration of Emergency), adopted Apr. 21, 2020An emergency ordinance to amend Clark County Code by the addition of a new provision to Chapter 3.04 of the Clark County Code imposing…	Clark County Board of County Commissioners (regular meeting Apr. 21, 2020, item 57; Legistar matter HIST-1378115)	Clark County, NevadaCounty	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read

Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 46, ch. 6), Idaho Code section 46-601 (text as in force March 2020 through May 9, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-009)
Idaho Legislature, Sixty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session (H0393, 2021 ch. 355; H0392, 2021 ch. 356; H0391, 2021 ch. 357; all effective May 10, 2021), Idaho Code section 46-1008 as amended by House Bills 391, 392 and 393 (2021) (text as in force from May 10, 2021, captured July 27, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-010)
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)
Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 39A), KRS 39A.100 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KY-017)
General Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health), G.L. c. 17, s. 2A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-001)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3), Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-008)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024) (Ex. DUT-NC-019)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-008)
Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Emergency Response Act), NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-5 (Declaring a state of public health emergency) and 12-10A-6 (Special powers during a public health emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act), 63 O.S. 6403 (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-008)
Rhode Island General Assembly (power vested in the Governor), R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-7 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-009)
Utah Legislature (Utah Code Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 2; version effective June 25, 2020), Utah Code section 53-2a-204 (standing) (Ex. DUT-UT-009)
Polk County Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors news release, 'Polk County Unable to Enact Local Measures to Control Spread of COVID-19, Despite Rapidly Rising Case Counts' (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. IA-066)
Governor Laura Kelly, State of Disaster Emergency Proclamation of May 26, 2020 (Ex. KS-023)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. KY-040)
Office of Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor, Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): businesses that may remain open under Order 20-03-23-01 (Ex. MD-006)
Office of the Governor / DECD, FAQs: Business Closures, Executive Order Number 19 (V2) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. ME-009)
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Executive Order 2020-113 (July 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-007)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200508-011 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-005)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
Executive Director, JCPH (Mark B. Johnson), Public Health Order 20-006 Rescinding Order 20-005 in Light of Colorado Governor's Executive Order D 2020 138 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-089)
City of Dallas, City of Dallas FAQ: Federal Orders and Directives, Governor's Executive Orders, City of Dallas Emergency Regulations (revised July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-038)
Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman (Proclamation); Las Vegas City Council (ratifying resolution, 7-0, Mar. 18, 2020, item 66), Mayor's Proclamation declaring that a State of Emergency exists within the City of Las Vegas; Resolution ratifying the Proclamation and directing activation of the City's Emergency Management Plan; Resolution confirming the State of Emergency and requesting the Governor's proclamation and State and federal assistance (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-020)
Clark County Board of County Commissioners (regular meeting Apr. 21, 2020, item 57; Legistar matter HIST-1378115), Clark County emergency ordinance adding Clark County Code 3.04.065 (Violation of Declaration of Emergency), adopted Apr. 21, 2020 (Ex. MET-LAS-026)

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