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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ND-001	Executive Order 2020-03Declaration of a state of emergency in response to the public health crisis resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19); activation of…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. NE-001	Proclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation	Governor Pete Ricketts	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. NE-100	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40Emergency Management Act; Governor; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. NH-001	Executive Order 2020-04An order declaring a state of emergency due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Christopher T. Sununu	New HampshireState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NM-002	Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order limiting visitors at nursing facilities and congregate care settings due to COVID-19	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction)	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-062	Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)	Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. RI-002	Executive Order 20-03Supplemental Emergency Declaration (quarantine of international arrivals)	Governor Gina M. Raimondo	Rhode IslandState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. SD-001	Executive Order 2020-04Declaration of State of Emergency (COVID-19)	Governor Kristi Noem	South DakotaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-063	Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational WaiversTemporary Operational Waivers for Home Health Agencies and Hospices during the COVID-19 emergency	New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing	New JerseyState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-068	All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021)Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Visitation	California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program	CaliforniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-001	Disaster Proclamation (COVID-19)A proclamation certifying that COVID-19 poses an imminent threat of disaster in the state and declaring a state of disaster for all counties…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. VT-001	Executive Order No. 01-20Declaration of State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 and National Guard Call-Out	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WY-001	Executive Order 2020-2Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health Emergency	Governor Mark Gordon	WyomingState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. WY-002	Executive Order 2020-2 (text-layer copy)Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health Emergency	Governor Mark Gordon	WyomingState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018	NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide'Visits suspended for 30 days effective 5 p.m. Mar. 14, 2020 at State prisons and halfway houses; temperature scans of all individuals…	New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks)	New Jersey Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064	DOCCS, 'Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19' (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Visitation at all 52 correctional facilities suspended statewide (from Mar. 14, 2020) until Apr. 29, 2020; all in-person reports of…	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci)	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-075	Iowa DOC COVID-19 page, 'Iowa Corrections-Specific Responses to COVID-19: Changes Effective Immediately (updated 3/14/20)'Visiting suspended at all prisons until further notice; all volunteer activities in the prisons suspended until further notice	Iowa Department of Corrections (Director Beth Skinner)	Iowa Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-010	Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020)Immunity from suit for COVID-19 exposure claims conditioned on a good-faith attempt to follow applicable public health guidance; premises…	Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020	MississippiState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. GA-001	Executive Order 03.14.20.01Declaration of Public Health State of Emergency for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Brian P. Kemp	GeorgiaState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. MS-002	Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of Emergency	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding 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. ME-001	Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public HealthProclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MT-003	Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read

Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-03 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ND-001)
Governor Pete Ricketts, Proclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NE-001)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NE-100)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction), Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NM-002)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. RI-002)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-001)
New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing, Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational Waivers (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-063)
California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program, All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-068)
Governor Greg Abbott, Disaster Proclamation (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-001)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Executive Order No. 01-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-001)
Governor Mark Gordon, Executive Order 2020-2 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WY-001)
Governor Mark Gordon, Executive Order 2020-2 (text-layer copy) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WY-002)
New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks), NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide' (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018)
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci), DOCCS, 'Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19' (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064)
Iowa Department of Corrections (Director Beth Skinner), Iowa DOC COVID-19 page, 'Iowa Corrections-Specific Responses to COVID-19: Changes Effective Immediately (updated 3/14/20)' (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-075)
Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020, Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MS-010)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)
Governor Tate Reeves, Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-002)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
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)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ME-001)
Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-003)

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