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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-IN-019	620 IAC 1-1-1, Recordkeeping requirements; construction industry; adoption of federal standards (Title 620, Article 1, Rule 1, Section 1)IOSHA's adoption of the federal occupational safety and health standards (29 C.F.R. Part 1910 and the construction standards) as Indiana…	Indiana Occupational Safety Standards Commission (rule compiled in the Indiana Administrative Code; text as mirrored by the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)	IndianaState	May 29, 1971	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-GA-018	ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency	Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments	GeorgiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MN-020	DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020)MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance	MinnesotaState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-TX-009	Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health Disaster	Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-033	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance command	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.	Nebraska (statewide)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-018	State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020Vermont AG files first Covid-19 non-compliance lawsuit against Rutland gym (VTDigger, May 15, 2020)	State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020	Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-013	Health Director's power to close or restrict access to any business; penalty for violating a Directed Health Measure	City of Lincoln (Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18) as recited by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department	Lincoln and Lancaster County, NebraskaCity	July 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-019	State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. / Manovill v. State of Vermont, Scott and Donovan (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): decision granting the State's motion to dismiss the gym owner's constitutional and takings claims (19 pages, week of September 28, 2020)Judge tosses bid by Rutland gym owner to collect from state over Covid-19 closure (VTDigger, Sept. 30, 2020)	Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020	Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-IL-019	Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 (Section 690.50), 45 Ill. Reg. 987, effective January 4, 2021, as summarized in The Flinn Report, Vol. 45, Issue 3 (Jan. 15, 2021), with JCAR's vote of January 12, 2021Re-adoption of the business face-covering and gathering rule for 2021, 'nearly identical' to 44 Ill. Reg. 13807; JCAR motion to object and…	Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), Illinois General Assembly (The Flinn Report), describing the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency rule	IllinoisState	Jan. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-020	State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment)Attorney general settles with Rutland gym owner (VTDigger, Jan. 15, 2021)	State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021	Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court	Jan. 15, 2021	2021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	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. 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-IN-020	IDOL news release, 'Indiana Employers Made Diligent Efforts to Protect Employees During Pandemic' (Sept. 16, 2022), reproduced as 'Indiana Department of Labor: Employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during pandemic,' WIMS Radio (Sept. 17, 2022)IOSHA's retrospective analysis of its COVID-19 enforcement: more than 6,700 complaints in 2020 and 2021; employers required to demonstrate…	Indiana Department of Labor (press release quoting Michelle Ellison, IOSHA deputy commissioner), as reproduced in full by WIMS Radio, LaPorte, Indiana	IndianaState	Sept. 16, 2022		Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding 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
Ex. DUT-AZ-021	StatuteViolation; classification	Arizona Legislature (Arizona Revised Statutes, title 36, ch. 1, art. 1)	ArizonaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source

Indiana Occupational Safety Standards Commission (rule compiled in the Indiana Administrative Code; text as mirrored by the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School), 620 IAC 1-1-1, Recordkeeping requirements; construction industry; adoption of federal standards (Title 620, Article 1, Rule 1, Section 1) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-019)
Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance, DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-020)
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.), Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-009)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-033)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020, State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020 (Ex. DUT-VT-018)
City of Lincoln (Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18) as recited by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director's power to close or restrict access to any business; penalty for violating a Directed Health Measure (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-013)
Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020, State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. / Manovill v. State of Vermont, Scott and Donovan (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): decision granting the State's motion to dismiss the gym owner's constitutional and takings claims (19 pages, week of September 28, 2020) (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-VT-019)
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), Illinois General Assembly (The Flinn Report), describing the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency rule, Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 (Section 690.50), 45 Ill. Reg. 987, effective January 4, 2021, as summarized in The Flinn Report, Vol. 45, Issue 3 (Jan. 15, 2021), with JCAR's vote of January 12, 2021 (Jan. 4, 2021) (Ex. DUT-IL-019)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021, State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment) (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. DUT-VT-020)
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)
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)
Indiana Department of Labor (press release quoting Michelle Ellison, IOSHA deputy commissioner), as reproduced in full by WIMS Radio, LaPorte, Indiana, IDOL news release, 'Indiana Employers Made Diligent Efforts to Protect Employees During Pandemic' (Sept. 16, 2022), reproduced as 'Indiana Department of Labor: Employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during pandemic,' WIMS Radio (Sept. 17, 2022) (Ex. DUT-IN-020)
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)
Arizona Legislature (Arizona Revised Statutes, title 36, ch. 1, art. 1), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-AZ-021)

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