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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-HOU-044	Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076	NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Inmate visitation suspended (Mar. 16, 2020); Board of Parole COVID-19 update (Mar. 17); Cornhusker State Industries redirected to hand…	Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes)	Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-082	IDOC 'Comprehensive Response to COVID-19' page (as archived Sept. 21, 2020), linking Executive Directive 20-20 (Pandemic Response) and the IDOC and Wexford COVID-19 ProtocolExecutive Directive 20-20 authorizing the Department's Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan, 'effective immediately and... applicable to…	Indiana Department of Correction (Commissioner Robert E. Carter, Jr.)	Indiana Department of Correction; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-053	City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans)Sacramento City leaders announce emergency measures to help residents and businesses affected by COVID-19	City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services)	City of Sacramento, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venuesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-062	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051	Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyAuthorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (web posting of Mar. 30, 2020 carrying the resolution as an image)	Tohono O'odham Legislative Council	Tohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-026	City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021City Emergency Orders (City's COVID-19 response updates)	City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency	City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)City	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-049	Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)	VermontCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-038	Closure of the City Hall lobby and cancellation of board and committee meetings (Mar. 13, 2020)City Hall lobby closed	City Manager David Johnston (announced by Mayor Joe Meyer)	City of Covington, KentuckyCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-045	Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through AprilCity Council indefinitely extends the proclamation of local disaster (15-1); City events cancelled through April	Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-075	Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac	Clay County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-076	Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency	Platte County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-064	Springfield stay-at-home order (Mar. 26, 2020; extended Apr. 21 to May 3, 2020), Road to Recovery phase orders (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and face-covering ordinance (adopted July 13, 2020; effective July 16, 2020; extended into 2021)Springfield's stay-home, reopening and masking instruments	Mayor Ken McClure (emergency orders) and Springfield City Council (masking ordinance)	City of Springfield, MissouriCity	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AZ-095	Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021)Tohono O'odham Nation stay-at-home order, curfew and entry restrictions	Chairman Ned Norris Jr.	Tohono O'odham NationTribal	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ORL-006	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	Orange County, FloridaCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IL-015	Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan)Restore Illinois plan	Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity	IllinoisState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-035	Approval of Clackamas County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective May 23, 2020 (restaurants and bars, personal care, gyms, gatherings of 25 or fewer, malls, under State guidance)Clackamas County will begin Phase 1 Reopening	Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval under EO 20-25); Clackamas County Board (application of May 19, 2020)	Clackamas County, OregonCounty	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-092	COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural CeremoniesPlaces of Worship guidance (May 25, 2020; rev. July 29, 2020 with the indoor singing and chanting prohibition; rev. 2021)	California Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA	CaliforniaSector regulator	July 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-017	Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024)Phase Two: gatherings of fifty, worship at fifty, venues and gyms at 50 percent, live events closed to the public, telework, employer…	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	May 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-051	Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to September 1, 2020; nonemergency hearings resume June 1; jury trials suspended (criminal to Sept. 1, 2020…	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-039	Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance)Clark County approved to move to Phase 2 of state reopening plan	Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)	Clark County, WashingtonCounty	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-016	Emergency Executive Order 20-74Continuing to Safely Reopen Minnesota's Economy and Ensuring Safe Non-Work Activities during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-015	Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (Phase Two Directive and Appendix B updates)6-18-20 Directive - Phase II Directive and Appendix B Updates (State's document title)	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	June 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes), NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076)
Indiana Department of Correction (Commissioner Robert E. Carter, Jr.), IDOC 'Comprehensive Response to COVID-19' page (as archived Sept. 21, 2020), linking Executive Directive 20-20 (Pandemic Response) and the IDOC and Wexford COVID-19 Protocol (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-082)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services), City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans) (Ex. MET-SAC-053)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)
Tohono O'odham Legislative Council, Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator), Administrative Order No. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-049)
City Manager David Johnston (announced by Mayor Joe Meyer), Closure of the City Hall lobby and cancellation of board and committee meetings (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-038)
Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release), Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through April (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-045)
Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac, Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021 (Ex. MET-KC-075)
Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency, Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-076)
Mayor Ken McClure (emergency orders) and Springfield City Council (masking ordinance), Springfield stay-at-home order (Mar. 26, 2020; extended Apr. 21 to May 3, 2020), Road to Recovery phase orders (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and face-covering ordinance (adopted July 13, 2020; effective July 16, 2020; extended into 2021) (Ex. MO-064)
Chairman Ned Norris Jr, Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. AZ-095)
Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management, Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-006)
Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. IL-015)
Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval under EO 20-25); Clackamas County Board (application of May 19, 2020), Approval of Clackamas County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective May 23, 2020 (restaurants and bars, personal care, gyms, gatherings of 25 or fewer, malls, under State guidance) (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-035)
California Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA, COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies (July 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-092)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024) (Ex. NV-017)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-051)
Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance) (Ex. MET-PDX-039)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-74 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-016)
Governor Steve Bullock, Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (Phase Two Directive and Appendix B updates) (June 18, 2020) (Ex. MT-015)

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