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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MI-010	MCL 30.405, Powers of governor upon declaration of state of disaster or emergency; willful disobedience a misdemeanorEmergency Management Act sec. 5: control of ingress, egress and 'the occupancy of premises'; misdemeanor for willful disobedience of a…	Michigan Legislature (Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390)	MichiganState	Dec. 30, 1976	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding 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-AR-007	Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases, effective January 1, 2019 (as reproduced, with the…	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Jan. 1, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-27-008	Update from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on Coronavirus (Mar. 10, 2020)Board direction that the three Regent institutions move as quickly as possible toward virtual delivery of instruction, with…	Board of Regents President Michael Richards	Iowa (Board of Regents, State of Iowa; University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa)State	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AR-001	Executive Order 20-03Executive Order to Declare an Emergency, as Authorized by Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114, and Order the Arkansas Department of Health to Take…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026	DPS&C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension)All visiting suspended at State prisons effective immediately, attorney visits included and reviewed case by case; off-site non-emergent…	Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc)	Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Corrections Services); State levelState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-008	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved)Emergency Management Act; Governor; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	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. 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. 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. SD-002	Executive Order 2020-05Non-essential State personnel to work remotely; work-related out-of-state travel prohibited	Governor Kristi Noem	South DakotaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-022	SCDC COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two), Mar. 16, 2020Visitation suspended 30 days; all inmate facility transfers suspended 30 days; all work release and labor crews suspended 14 days; official…	South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), after coordination with DHEC and the Governor's Office	South Carolina Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062	Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance)Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff at long-term care and pediatric transitional care facilities effective Mar. 16, 2020…	New Jersey Department of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-034	CTDOT press release, Mar. 14, 2020: Shore Line East on a weekend schedule seven days a week and Hartford Line on a Saturday schedule seven days a week from Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; Shore Line East through-trains to Stamford suspended; two Amtrak Hartford Line trains cancelledService Changes Announced for Shore Line East and Hartford Line	Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)	Connecticut (Shore Line East; Hartford Line New Haven-Springfield)State	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-072	Port Tampa Bay notice, Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations (Mar. 16, 2020)Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations	Port Tampa Bay	Port Tampa Bay (Tampa Port Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	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. ECO-B-099	WMATA, 'COVID-19 Information: Service Changes due to the public health emergency' (page as of May 13, 2020)WMATA COVID-19 service changes: reduced Metrorail and Metrobus service, station closures and rear-door boarding during the public health…	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. NE-041	Executive Order 20-02Out of State Travel Ban	Governor Pete Ricketts	Nebraska (executive-branch agencies)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054	MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency)MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts; division of MassDOT)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-006	COVID-19 Health Mandate 004Health Mandate 004 (returning travelers: stay home and do not go to work or school)	Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink	AlaskaState	Mar. 17, 2020		Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-018	ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency	Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments	GeorgiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-098	MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020)MBTA reduced service schedule effective March 17, 2020 ('Reductions in service support slowing spread of COVID-19, protect MBTA workforce…	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-081	Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the SpreadGov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect	Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001	MDOT MTA 'Coronavirus Updates' service-status notice, last updated Mar. 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.: system-wide service reductions effective Mar. 18, 2020; rear-door boarding on all bus routes; Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office closed from Mar. 16Coronavirus Updates - Service Status (service reductions on all vehicle modes effective Wednesday, March 18)	Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA)	Maryland (Baltimore region; MARC Penn, Camden and Brunswick Lines to Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, W. Va.)State	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-006	DART First State 'Reduced Service Schedule' notice (last updated Mar. 20, 2020): weekday fixed-route service on Saturday schedules statewide from Mar. 18, 2020 until further notice; paratransit no longer accepting cash or tickets from Mar. 21, 2020DART to Operate Reduced Weekday Service Statewide Until Further Notice	Delaware Transit Corporation (DART First State), a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation	Delaware (statewide: New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties)State	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read

Michigan Legislature (Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390), MCL 30.405, Powers of governor upon declaration of state of disaster or emergency; willful disobedience a misdemeanor (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-010)
Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-007)
Board of Regents President Michael Richards, Update from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on Coronavirus (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-008)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-001)
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc), DPS&C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-008)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. RI-002)
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)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-05 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-002)
South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), after coordination with DHEC and the Governor's Office, SCDC COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two), Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-022)
New Jersey Department of Health, Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062)
Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), CTDOT press release, Mar. 14, 2020: Shore Line East on a weekend schedule seven days a week and Hartford Line on a Saturday schedule seven days a week from Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; Shore Line East through-trains to Stamford suspended; two Amtrak Hartford Line trains cancelled (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-034)
Port Tampa Bay, Port Tampa Bay notice, Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-072)
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)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, WMATA, 'COVID-19 Information: Service Changes due to the public health emergency' (page as of May 13, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-099)
Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order 20-02 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. NE-041)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054)
Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink, COVID-19 Health Mandate 004 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AK-006)
Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-098)
Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release), Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-081)
Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA), MDOT MTA 'Coronavirus Updates' service-status notice, last updated Mar. 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.: system-wide service reductions effective Mar. 18, 2020; rear-door boarding on all bus routes; Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office closed from Mar. 16 (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001)
Delaware Transit Corporation (DART First State), a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation, DART First State 'Reduced Service Schedule' notice (last updated Mar. 20, 2020): weekday fixed-route service on Saturday schedules statewide from Mar. 18, 2020 until further notice; paratransit no longer accepting cash or tickets from Mar. 21, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-006)

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