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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-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 MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County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. 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-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. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062	July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourt	May 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FOR-027	Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefecturesThird and fourth states of emergency (2021)	Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures	JapanForeign government	Apr. 23, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-038	Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6Termination of statewide social distancing April 30, 2021; transition to county Local Plans May 1, 2021; Baseline Statewide Mitigation…	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	Apr. 19, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-152	Release: CNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREENCNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREEN (June 17, 2021; effective June 18, 2021)	Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor / CHCC / COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorial	June 17, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-055	Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (continuing declaration of local emergency)Continuing Emergency Epidemic Order of June 23, 2021 providing for virtual meetings of public bodies 'to continue to protect the public…	Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer	City of Detroit, MichiganCity	June 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-095	Determination raising Juneau's Incident Risk Level to High, effective 12:01 a.m. July 30, 2021Juneau requires masks again as COVID-19 cases rise (Level High: indoor masks; indoor gatherings capped at 50; bars and gyms at half…	CBJ Emergency Operations Center / City Manager Rorie Watt under Emergency Ordinance 2021-11	City and Borough of JuneauCity	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-056	Press report on Executive Order No. 21-05Star-Advertiser: Gov. Ige restricts indoor gatherings to 10 people and outdoor activities to 25; 50 percent indoor capacity for bars…	Honolulu Star-Advertiser (reporting the Governor's Aug. 10, 2021 executive order)	HawaiiState	Aug. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-044	News item republished by the Authority, 'Fan Expo marks first Boston public convention since COVID-19 pandemic' (Sept. 3, 2021)First public convention at the BCEC since the pandemic began (Sept. 3, 2021)	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a WCVB report)	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, MassachusettsState	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Events and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-025	Executive release announcing the outdoor mask order of Sept. 2, 2021King County outdoor mask order release (Sept. 2, 2021)	King County Executive Dow Constantine (release describing MET-SEA-002)	King County, WashingtonCounty	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-096	Ordinance 2021-42 (extension of the COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies and penalty)Juneau Assembly extends COVID-19 rules to March 1, 2022 and restores the $25 penalty (Sept. 27-29, 2021), as reported by KTOO	CBJ Assembly	City and Borough of JuneauCity	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	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. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	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)
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)
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)
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)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person plan (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062)
Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures, Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefectures (Ex. FOR-027)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6 (Ex. NV-038)
Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force, Release: CNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREEN (June 17, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-152)
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (continuing declaration of local emergency) (June 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-055)
CBJ Emergency Operations Center / City Manager Rorie Watt under Emergency Ordinance 2021-11, Determination raising Juneau's Incident Risk Level to High, effective 12:01 a.m. July 30, 2021 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. AK-095)
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (reporting the Governor's Aug. 10, 2021 executive order), Press report on Executive Order No. 21-05 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. HI-056)
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a WCVB report), News item republished by the Authority, 'Fan Expo marks first Boston public convention since COVID-19 pandemic' (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-044)
King County Executive Dow Constantine (release describing MET-SEA-002), Executive release announcing the outdoor mask order of Sept. 2, 2021 (Ex. MET-SEA-025)
CBJ Assembly, Ordinance 2021-42 (extension of the COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies and penalty) (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. AK-096)
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)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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