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Ex. DUT-ME-017	State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction)State of Maine Food Code (2013), 10-144 CMR 200 and 01-01 CMR 331	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331)	MaineState	Oct. 1, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-006	Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O)Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers	Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels)	United States (Occupational Safety and Health Administration); MaineFederal	Aug. 5, 2015	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ME-002	Proclamation of Insurance EmergencyProclamation of Insurance Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-076	Bulletin 442Emergency Measures Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic	Superintendent of Insurance Eric A. Cioppa, Bureau of Insurance	MaineSector regulator	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	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-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ME-003	P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789)An Act To Implement Provisions Necessary to the Health, Welfare and Safety of the Citizens of Maine in Response to the COVID-19 Public…	Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-005	Executive Order 16 FY 19/20 (Corrected)An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Health Care Professional Licensing Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. ME-010	Executive Order 20 FY 19/20An Order Modifying Requirements Applicable to Family Child Care Providers in Order to Facilitate Employment of Persons Needed for the…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ME-014	Executive Order 35 FY 19/20An Order Suspending Enforcement of Provisions of Certain Licensing Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate Health Care and Veterinary Care…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. ME-077	Bulletin 443Coronavirus Pandemic: Property and Casualty Coverage	Superintendent of Insurance	MaineSector regulator	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. ME-078	Bulletin 444Coronavirus Pandemic: Property and Casualty Premium Refunds	Superintendent of Insurance	MaineSector regulator	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-013	Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills: order refusing a temporary restraining order against the ten-person gathering limit as applied to worship	Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-011	Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills: order refusing preliminary injunction against the 14-day self-quarantine requirement of Executive Order…	Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-014	Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16Savage v. Mills (Sunday River Brewing Company): order dismissing business owners' constitutional challenge to the Governor's COVID-19…	Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ME-069	PMO-SJC-8Emergency Rules from the Supreme Judicial Court on Waiver of Initial Appearances and Arraignments	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	Sept. 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ME-067	PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders)PMO-SJC-2: Administration of Oaths at Depositions; Electronic Filing; Deadlines; In-Person Contacts with Children and Families; Oral…	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-015	22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense)22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance (Maine Revised Statutes, section page as published by the Revisor of Statutes, rendered…	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers)	MaineState	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-018	26 M.R.S. sec. 833(1)(A)-(B) (no employer may discharge, threaten or discriminate against an employee for reporting in good faith a violation of law or rule or 'a condition or practice that would put at risk the health or safety of that employee or any other individual')26 M.R.S. sec. 833, Discrimination against certain employees prohibited (Whistleblowers' Protection Act; Maine Revised Statutes section page…	Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 7, subchapter 5-B, Whistleblowers' Protection Act)	MaineState	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-012	Opinion, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 20-1559 (1st Cir. Jan. 14, 2021), 985 F.3d 153Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills: opinion affirming the refusal of a preliminary injunction against Maine's traveler self-quarantine…	Barron, Circuit Judge, for a panel with Selya, Circuit Judge	United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitCourt	Jan. 14, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-072	PMO-SJC-12Order Creating a Pilot Project for Stand-Alone Small Claims Mediation	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-016	Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E)An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers	130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature	MaineState	Mar. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-074	Post-Pandemic Management Order PPMO-SJC-1 (issued June 1, 2021; revised June 28, July 1, Aug. 16, 2021; Mar. 11, May 4, 2022; Mar. 30, 2023)PPMO-SJC-1: Administrative Order and Notice from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	June 1, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-060	Executive Order 40 FY 20/21An Order Providing an Orderly Transition Following the Termination of the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-075	PPMO-TC-1Administrative Order from the Maine Trial Court Chiefs Regarding Previous Pandemic Management Orders	Maine Trial Court Chiefs (Superior Court Chief Justice Mullen; District Court Chief Judge French; Deputy Chief Judge Lawrence)	MaineCourt	July 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read

Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331), State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-017)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels), Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-006)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation of Insurance Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. ME-002)
Superintendent of Insurance Eric A. Cioppa, Bureau of Insurance, Bulletin 442 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. ME-076)
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)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills, P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. ME-003)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 16 FY 19/20 (Corrected) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. ME-005)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 20 FY 19/20 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-010)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 35 FY 19/20 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. ME-014)
Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 443 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. ME-077)
Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 444 (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. ME-078)
Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273 (Ex. DUT-ME-013)
Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22 (Ex. DUT-ME-011)
Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16 (Ex. DUT-ME-014)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-8 (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. ME-069)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-067)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers), 22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-015)
Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 7, subchapter 5-B, Whistleblowers' Protection Act), 26 M.R.S. sec. 833(1)(A)-(B) (no employer may discharge, threaten or discriminate against an employee for reporting in good faith a violation of law or rule or 'a condition or practice that would put at risk the health or safety of that employee or any other individual') (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-018)
Barron, Circuit Judge, for a panel with Selya, Circuit Judge, Opinion, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 20-1559 (1st Cir. Jan. 14, 2021), 985 F.3d 153 (Ex. DUT-ME-012)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-12 (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. ME-072)
130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-016)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Post-Pandemic Management Order PPMO-SJC-1 (issued June 1, 2021; revised June 28, July 1, Aug. 16, 2021; Mar. 11, May 4, 2022; Mar. 30, 2023) (Ex. ME-074)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 40 FY 20/21 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. ME-060)
Maine Trial Court Chiefs (Superior Court Chief Justice Mullen; District Court Chief Judge French; Deputy Chief Judge Lawrence), PPMO-TC-1 (July 13, 2021) (Ex. ME-075)

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