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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-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-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
Ex. DUT-WV-015	64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)	West VirginiaState	July 12, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-010	All Together New Mexico: COVID-Safe Practices for Individuals and Employers (version of May 27, 2020)COVID-Safe Practices for All Employers and for retail, restaurants, grocery, lodging and other sectors: the 'Required' practices and the…	Office of the Governor and New Mexico Department of Health ('All Together New Mexico'), incorporated by reference in the Secretary of Health's public health orders	New MexicoState	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-015	Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplaceQuestions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues…	Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services	OregonState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-008	StatuteOffense of knowing and willful failure to comply with an order, requirement or directive issued in a catastrophic health emergency…	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-015	Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685Lauren Hawse, et al. v. Sam Page, County Executive of St. Louis County, and Faisal Khan, Director of the St. Louis County Public Health…	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.)	Missouri (St. Louis County orders; Eighth Circuit)Court	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-006	ACCD Work Safe Guidance: 'Update 20 - New Work Safe Additions to the Be Smart, Stay Safe Order' (memorandum to Vermont Businesses and Employers, July 31, 2020), as captured by the Internet Archive on August 5, 2020Update on New Work Safe Additions to the Be Smart, Stay Safe Order: Mandatory Health & Safety Requirements for All Business, Non-Profit &…	Agency of Commerce and Community Development (Secretary Lindsay Kurrle), under Executive Order 01-20 Addenda 10-12 and Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20 secs. 9(b) and 11	VermontState	July 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-032	DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file)Department of Public Health stay-at-home and safer-at-home advisories	Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel)	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyStay-at-homeOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WV-002	W. Va. Code § 16-3-2Powers of county and municipal boards of health to establish quarantine; penalty for violation	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-022	Executive Order 20-20 (hotspot order), paras. 2 and 3 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-017; parallel Exs. WV-018, WV-019, WV-021; not re-saved)Telework mandate on every essential employer, public and private; local health departments directed to set and enforce per-square-foot…	Governor Jim Justice	West Virginia (Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties; parallel orders for Harrison, Kanawha, Monongalia, Marion, Cabell, Ohio, Wayne, Wood and Jackson Counties)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-008	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies	Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials)	Rhode IslandState	July 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-019	Guidelines for Safeguarding All Businesses (ADPH, 5/2020)Guidelines for Safeguarding All Businesses	Alabama Department of Public Health (posted with the Safer at Home Order of April 28, 2020)	AlabamaState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-001	Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021)Powers and duties of the director: orders of isolation and quarantine; misdemeanor for violation	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare)	IdahoState	July 1, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-015	Executive FAQ (published PDF)Frequently Asked Questions Regarding These Orders (Amended Targeted Mitigation Orders)	Office of the Governor with the Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-020	Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief)Friends of Danny DeVito, Kathy Gregory, B&J Laundry, LLC, Blueberry Hill Public Golf Course & Lounge, and Caledonia Land Co. v. Governor Tom…	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-018	Flyer: 'Combat the Spread of COVID-19: Follow the Governor's Executive Order. What can community leaders do?' (dated April 3, 2020)What can community leaders do? Support your community; support your businesses; stick to the facts	South Dakota Department of Health / covid.sd.gov (Office of the Governor)	South DakotaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AZ-013	Requirements document issued under executive orderRequirements for Businesses: Pursuant to Executive Order 2020-40 Containing the Spread of COVID-19	Office of Governor Douglas A. Ducey with the Arizona Department of Health Services	ArizonaState	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-009	Delaware's Reopening, Phase 2 (June 15, 2020): General Guidance for Individuals and Businesses and Industry GuidanceDelaware's Reopening: Phase 2, June 15, 2020 (Governor John Carney; de.gov/economy)	Governor John C. Carney (Office of the Governor, with the Division of Small Business and the Division of Public Health)	DelawareState	June 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-007	O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51Emergency powers of Governor; termination of emergency; limitations in energy emergency; immunity	General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later)	GeorgiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding 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)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-007)
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)
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature), 64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-015)
Office of the Governor and New Mexico Department of Health ('All Together New Mexico'), incorporated by reference in the Secretary of Health's public health orders, All Together New Mexico: COVID-Safe Practices for Individuals and Employers (version of May 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NM-010)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplace (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-015)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-008)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.), Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685 (Ex. DUT-MO-015)
Agency of Commerce and Community Development (Secretary Lindsay Kurrle), under Executive Order 01-20 Addenda 10-12 and Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20 secs. 9(b) and 11, ACCD Work Safe Guidance: 'Update 20 - New Work Safe Additions to the Be Smart, Stay Safe Order' (memorandum to Vermont Businesses and Employers, July 31, 2020), as captured by the Internet Archive on August 5, 2020 (Ex. DUT-VT-006)
Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel), DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file) (Ex. DUT-MA-032)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 16-3-2 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-002)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 20-20 (hotspot order), paras. 2 and 3 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-017; parallel Exs. WV-018, WV-019, WV-021; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-022)
Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials), R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-008)
Alabama Department of Public Health (posted with the Safer at Home Order of April 28, 2020), Guidelines for Safeguarding All Businesses (ADPH, 5/2020) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-019)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare), Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-001)
Office of the Governor with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Executive FAQ (published PDF) (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-015)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.), Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-020)
South Dakota Department of Health / covid.sd.gov (Office of the Governor), Flyer: 'Combat the Spread of COVID-19: Follow the Governor's Executive Order. What can community leaders do?' (dated April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-SD-018)
Office of Governor Douglas A. Ducey with the Arizona Department of Health Services, Requirements document issued under executive order (June 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AZ-013)
Governor John C. Carney (Office of the Governor, with the Division of Small Business and the Division of Public Health), Delaware's Reopening, Phase 2 (June 15, 2020): General Guidance for Individuals and Businesses and Industry Guidance (Ex. DUT-DE-009)
General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-007)

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