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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-KS-009	K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008	DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 people	Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-002	Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017)Code of Virginia, Title 32.1 Health, Chapter 2 Disease Prevention and Control (full chapter text)	General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control)	VirginiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-010	Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders (revised Mar. 31, 2020)Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders	Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (Department of Law)	ColoradoState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-007	La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor)Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: declaration of a state of public health emergency by executive order or proclamation, to be…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-002	Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officersDuties of local health officers: investigate and 'promptly take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress and control communicable…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-016	ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report)KATV, 'Little Rock bar linked to cluster of infections didn't follow health rules, state says' (July 6, 2020)	Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock)	ArkansasState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-PA-008	Agency FAQ (published PDF)Frequently Asked Questions: Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public Health Safety Measures for…	Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-025	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-SCHD-012 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-021; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-SCHD-012 (winter re-tightening): mandatory operating conditions	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.	Nebraska (Sarpy and Cass Counties; the same text was issued for every district)State	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-020	COVID-19: Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, and Other Businesses from the Wyoming Department of Health (October 1, 2020)COVID-19: Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, and Other Businesses from the Wyoming Department of Health	Wyoming Department of Health	WyomingState	Oct. 1, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-030	Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measures 2020-07 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-079; not re-saved)Directed Health Measures 2020-07: duties of establishment owners and of every entity maintaining premises open to the public	Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Interim Health Director Pat Lopez	Lincoln and Lancaster County, NebraskaCounty	July 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-023	Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #3 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-014)Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order: Temporary Closure of Nail Salons, Hair Salons, Barber Shops, Massage…	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-024	Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-016)Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care…	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-025	Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-020)Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care…	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	June 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-027	Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-024)Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care…	Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	WyomingState	July 28, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-019	OAG press release, 'AG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Must Pay $10K Penalty for Failing to Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements' (Feb. 4, 2021), announcing the settlement of District of Columbia v. Urban Athletic ClubAG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Must Pay $10K Penalty for Failing to Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements	Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine)	District of ColumbiaState	Feb. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-011	DPH Enforcement Actions: COVID-19 Enforcement Actions (administrative penalty letters and cease-and-desist notices to businesses, Aug.-Dec. 2020)DPH Enforcement Actions - COVID-19 Enforcement Actions (Delaware Health and Social Services)	Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (Public Health Authority)	DelawareState	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-009	Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages)Federal decision holding that the Marion County health officer acted within the authority of Ind. Code 16-20-1-24 in closing and restricting…	Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind.	Indiana (United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, applying Indiana law)Court	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-003	RSMo 192.300Counties may make additional health rules -- fees, deposit in county treasury, purpose -- individuals unable to pay not to be denied health…	Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192)	MissouriState	Aug. 28, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-009	Frequently Asked Health-Related Legal Questions (COVID-19), Last Updated June 3, 2020Iowa Attorney General, Frequently Asked Health-Related Legal Questions (COVID-19 public health disaster)	Office of the Attorney General of Iowa (Thomas J. Miller)	IowaState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007	StatuteGovernor's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: seizure and rationing, medical examination, testing and vaccination, isolation and…	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-017	OAG press release, 'AG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Will Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements' (Dec. 15, 2020), announcing the interim agreement in District of Columbia v. Urban Athletic Club (D.C. Super. Ct.)AG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Will Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements	Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine)	District of ColumbiaState	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-029	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-NEHD-002 (Phase II) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-013; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-NEHD-002 (Phase II): occupancy, distancing and employer-housing screening conditions	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health	Nebraska (Northeast Nebraska district; the Phase II text was issued statewide in district orders)State	May 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-013	Lujan Grisham v. Romero, 2021-NMSC-009, 483 P.3d 545, No. S-1-SC-38396 (N.M. Feb. 15, 2021)Opinion holding that the Governor and Secretary of Health are authorized to restrict or close businesses when necessary for the protection…	Supreme Court of New Mexico	New MexicoCourt	Feb. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-014	SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212SH3 Health Consulting, LLC, et al. v. St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page, et al.: Memorandum and Order	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.)	Missouri (Eastern District of Missouri; St. Louis City and St. Louis County orders)Court	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read

Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-009)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control), Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-002)
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (Department of Law), Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders (revised Mar. 31, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-010)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-007)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officers (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-002)
Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock), ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AR-016)
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Agency FAQ (published PDF) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-008)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-SCHD-012 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-021; not re-saved) (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-025)
Wyoming Department of Health, COVID-19: Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, and Other Businesses from the Wyoming Department of Health (October 1, 2020) (Oct. 1, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-020)
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Interim Health Director Pat Lopez, Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measures 2020-07 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-079; not re-saved) (July 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-030)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #3 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-014) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-023)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-016) (May 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-024)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-020) (June 29, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-025)
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-024) (July 28, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-027)
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine), OAG press release, 'AG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Must Pay $10K Penalty for Failing to Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements' (Feb. 4, 2021), announcing the settlement of District of Columbia v. Urban Athletic Club (Ex. DUT-DC-019)
Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (Public Health Authority), DPH Enforcement Actions: COVID-19 Enforcement Actions (administrative penalty letters and cease-and-desist notices to businesses, Aug.-Dec. 2020) (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DE-011)
Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind, Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages) (Ex. DUT-IN-009)
Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192), RSMo 192.300 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MO-003)
Office of the Attorney General of Iowa (Thomas J. Miller), Frequently Asked Health-Related Legal Questions (COVID-19), Last Updated June 3, 2020 (Ex. DUT-IA-009)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-007)
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine), OAG press release, 'AG Racine Announces Urban Athletic Club Will Comply With COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements' (Dec. 15, 2020), announcing the interim agreement in District of Columbia v. Urban Athletic Club (D.C. Super. Ct.) (Ex. DUT-DC-017)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-NEHD-002 (Phase II) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-013; not re-saved) (May 29, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-029)
Supreme Court of New Mexico, Lujan Grisham v. Romero, 2021-NMSC-009, 483 P.3d 545, No. S-1-SC-38396 (N.M. Feb. 15, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-013)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.), SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212 (Ex. DUT-MO-014)

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