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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MD-076	Governor's release (June 15, 2021): Governor Hogan Announces End of COVID-19 State of Emergency; Emergency Mandates and Restrictions to End July 1, Followed By 45-Day Administrative Grace PeriodGovernor Hogan Announces End of COVID-19 State of Emergency	Office of Governor Larry Hogan (press release)	MarylandState	June 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-047	Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Signs Executive Orders to Maintain COVID-19 Response'April 1, 2021 reissued orders 21-09 through 21-21	Office of the Governor (press release)	KansasState	Apr. 1, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-098	Governor's directive of June 14, 2021 to the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (image posted by the Governor's office as 'CovidRestrictionsLiftedDirective.PNG')All remaining State COVID-19 restrictions lifted (Vermont Forward Step 4)	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	June 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-051	Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly to Rescind Seven Pandemic Emergency Executive Orders'Release on EO 21-23 and the end of the emergency response	Office of the Governor (press release)	KansasState	June 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-041	Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Signs Emergency Response Bill, Will Re-Issue Executive Orders to Protect COVID-19 Recovery'SB 40 signed; disaster declaration extended to May 28, 2021; orders to be reissued April 1, 2021; EOs 20-37, 20-59, 20-66 allowed to expire	Office of the Governor (press release)	KansasState	Mar. 24, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-001	Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor's COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing itDeclaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency, March 11, 2020	Governor Mike Dunleavy	AlaskaState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-002	Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250Ban on large gatherings in effect; Multnomah County, Portland declare states of emergency	Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited)	Multnomah County, OregonCounty	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-058	Governor Laura Kelly Statement Regarding Republican Leaders Revoking Disaster DeclarationStatement on the Legislative Coordinating Council's refusal to extend the State of Disaster Emergency (June 15, 2021)	Office of the Governor (statement)	KansasState	June 15, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-031	28-day extension of the emergency declaration to August 18, 2020, with the County's status in the Governor's reopening framework (Phase 1 since June 1, 2020; Phase 2 progress linked to Clackamas and Multnomah Counties)Emergency Declaration Extended to August 18	Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington)	Washington County, OregonCounty	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-077	Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021)Leaders fear what could happen if Reeves ends state of emergency on Sunday as planned (Mississippi Today, Aug. 11, 2021)	Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)	MississippiState	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-014	MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic findingOrder incorporating Executive Orders into the MDHHS epidemic finding	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closure	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-055	Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's announcement that the COVID-19 State of Emergency would expire November 20, 2021Gov. Tate Reeves announces COVID-19 state of emergency will expire on Nov. 20 (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021)	Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)	MississippiOther	Nov. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	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-LAS-041	WCSD 2020-21 reopening plan: elementary full-time in person; middle and high school hybrid; full-time distance option; masks and distancing per the Governor's directivesFor some Washoe County teachers, new school year brings more worry than excitement	Washoe County School District Board of Trustees (July 2020, after a nearly ten-hour meeting)	Washoe County School District (Washoe County, Nevada)County	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-029	Extension of the emergency declaration to April 16, 2020, authorizing contracts up to $500,000; EOC objectives including coordination of compliance with and enforcement of the Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives orderEmergency Declaration Extended to April 16	Washington County Board of Commissioners	Washington County, OregonCounty	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationStay-at-home	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-029	MDHHS Emergency Order reinforcing the Governor's executive ordersEpidemic order reinforcing Executive Orders (May 18, 2020; re-issued May 27, 2020 and in the late-July 2020 omnibus order)	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IA-001	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of Disaster Emergency activating the Iowa Emergency Response Plan for the COVID-19 outbreak	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-056	Joint Statement on pay and work during the statewide school closure (March 17, 2020; updated March 27, 2020)Joint statement that school employees continue to be paid during the closure and that work during Act of God and Remote Learning Days is by…	Office of Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Principals Association	Illinois State Board of Education with the Office of the Governor and the statewide education associations; State levelState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-122	Executive Order No. 2021-03Relative to Extending the Public Health Emergency Declared to Respond to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero	Guam (unincorporated territory) - GovernorTerritorial	Jan. 28, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-002	First Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFirst Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (restaurants, taverns…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-011	Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release)Riverside County reverts to state orders: Most local health orders to be rescinded in alignment with governor's orders	Riverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information Center	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-001	Executive Order 2020-4Declaration of State of Emergency	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-119	Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-092	The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record)Kansas EO 20-59; Utah UDOH K-12 face-covering order; Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020	Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person)	Kansas; Utah; IowaState	July 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-001	Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health ThreatDeclaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source

Office of Governor Larry Hogan (press release), Governor's release (June 15, 2021): Governor Hogan Announces End of COVID-19 State of Emergency; Emergency Mandates and Restrictions to End July 1, Followed By 45-Day Administrative Grace Period (Ex. MD-076)
Office of the Governor (press release), Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Signs Executive Orders to Maintain COVID-19 Response' (Apr. 1, 2021) (Ex. KS-047)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Governor's directive of June 14, 2021 to the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (image posted by the Governor's office as 'CovidRestrictionsLiftedDirective.PNG') (Ex. VT-098)
Office of the Governor (press release), Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly to Rescind Seven Pandemic Emergency Executive Orders' (June 14, 2021) (Ex. KS-051)
Office of the Governor (press release), Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Signs Emergency Response Bill, Will Re-Issue Executive Orders to Protect COVID-19 Recovery' (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. KS-041)
Governor Mike Dunleavy, Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor's COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing it (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AK-001)
Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited), Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-002)
Office of the Governor (statement), Governor Laura Kelly Statement Regarding Republican Leaders Revoking Disaster Declaration (June 15, 2021) (Ex. KS-058)
Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington), 28-day extension of the emergency declaration to August 18, 2020, with the County's status in the Governor's reopening framework (Phase 1 since June 1, 2020; Phase 2 progress linked to Clackamas and Multnomah Counties) (July 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-031)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MS-077)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic finding (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MI-014)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Press report (Mississippi Today, Nov. 11, 2021) of the Governor's announcement that the COVID-19 State of Emergency would expire November 20, 2021 (Ex. MS-055)
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)
Washoe County School District Board of Trustees (July 2020, after a nearly ten-hour meeting), WCSD 2020-21 reopening plan: elementary full-time in person; middle and high school hybrid; full-time distance option; masks and distancing per the Governor's directives (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-041)
Washington County Board of Commissioners, Extension of the emergency declaration to April 16, 2020, authorizing contracts up to $500,000; EOC objectives including coordination of compliance with and enforcement of the Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives order (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-029)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order reinforcing the Governor's executive orders (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MI-029)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. IA-001)
Office of Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Principals Association, Joint Statement on pay and work during the statewide school closure (March 17, 2020; updated March 27, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-056)
Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Executive Order No. 2021-03 (Jan. 28, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-122)
Governor John C. Carney, First Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. DE-002)
Riverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information Center, Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release) (Ex. MET-RIV-011)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-4 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MI-001)
Governor Tom Wolf, Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020 (Ex. PA-119)
Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person), The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-092)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. DE-001)

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