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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MA-012	St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile Action	General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	July 20, 1950	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011	Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)	Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)	TexasState	Sept. 1, 1987	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding 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-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-CO-006	C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations	Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)	ColoradoState	Oct. 1, 2018	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-015	Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22Emergency Management and Disaster Law, 2020 edition: the Class B misdemeanor for knowing, intentional or reckless violation, recited in…	Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition)	IndianaState	Apr. 14, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-005	S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergency	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	June 11, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-006	63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of Governor	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)	OklahomaState	Nov. 1, 2009	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	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-KS-017	Memorandum to Kansas Prosecutors and Law Enforcement, 'State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response' (March 24, 2020)State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response	Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General)	KansasState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	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-021	Executive Order 9-20 (Stay at Home Order), §§ 2, 3 and 7 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-009; not re-saved)Operating conditions on the businesses permitted to operate: small offices 'must ensure that proper social distancing and hygiene practices…	Governor Jim Justice	West VirginiaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace 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-FED-023	42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing)§ 483.80 Infection control	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities)	United StatesFederal	Oct. 4, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-013	Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills: order refusing a temporary restraining order against the ten-person gathering limit as applied to worship	Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-UT-016	S.B. 5011, High Risk Population Protection Amendments (enrolled copy)High Risk Population Protection Amendments (enacting Utah Code section 26-6-32, Testing for COVID-19 for high-risk individuals at care…	Utah Legislature, 2020 Fifth Special Session (S.B. 5011, Chief Sponsor Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, House Sponsor Rep. Mike Schultz; signed by Governor Herbert July 7, 2020)	UtahState	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersVaccination or testingStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-015	DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening GuidanceState of Georgia Department of Public Health Administrative Order: Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance	Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer)	GeorgiaState	Sept. 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-027	Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19…	Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II)	United StatesFederal	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-014	Release, 'Governor Carney Announces Additional COVID-19 Restrictions to Confront Winter Surge' (Dec. 10, 2020), announcing the zero-tolerance enforcement policy for businesses effective Dec. 14, 2020Governor Carney Announces Additional COVID-19 Restrictions to Confront Winter Surge (State of Delaware News, Dec. 10, 2020)	Governor John C. Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (Office of the Governor release)	DelawareState	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-070	What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations)What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (updated Dec. 16, 2020)	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance)	United StatesFederal	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-016	COVID-19 Resources (Wyoming OSHA compilation for workplaces), 'Last updated 2/2/2021'COVID-19 Resources	Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Wyoming OSHA (WYOSHA)	WyomingState	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q1	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-016	Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1608 (SB 65 sec. 8)Limitation on requirements	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read

General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)
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)
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)
Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018), C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-006)
Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition), Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22 (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-015)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-005)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003), 63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-006)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
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)
Attorney General Derek Schmidt (Office of the Kansas Attorney General), Memorandum to Kansas Prosecutors and Law Enforcement, 'State and local law enforcement duties and authorities under emergency powers invoked in connection with COVID-19 response' (March 24, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. DUT-KS-017)
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)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 9-20 (Stay at Home Order), §§ 2, 3 and 7 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-009; not re-saved) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-021)
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)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities), 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-023)
Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273 (Ex. DUT-ME-013)
Utah Legislature, 2020 Fifth Special Session (S.B. 5011, Chief Sponsor Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, House Sponsor Rep. Mike Schultz; signed by Governor Herbert July 7, 2020), S.B. 5011, High Risk Population Protection Amendments (enrolled copy) (July 7, 2020) (Ex. DUT-UT-016)
Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer), DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-015)
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II), Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-027)
Governor John C. Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (Office of the Governor release), Release, 'Governor Carney Announces Additional COVID-19 Restrictions to Confront Winter Surge' (Dec. 10, 2020), announcing the zero-tolerance enforcement policy for businesses effective Dec. 14, 2020 (Ex. DUT-DE-014)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations) (Ex. DUT-FED-070)
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Wyoming OSHA (WYOSHA), COVID-19 Resources (Wyoming OSHA compilation for workplaces), 'Last updated 2/2/2021' (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. DUT-WY-016)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1608 (SB 65 sec. 8) (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-016)

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