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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. CT-002	Executive Order No. 7Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response	Governor Ned Lamont	ConnecticutState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045	Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020	Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan)	Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district)City	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030	Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)Work-release residents permitted to leave facilities only for approved education or programming and 'personal essential business' (hygiene…	Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator)	Washington State Department of Corrections (Reentry Division; work release); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007	Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and Meetings	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024	Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020)Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction	DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan	Virginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards, including the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. CA-004	Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (school closures: continued funding and distance learning)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DC-083	OSSE, Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding (issued March 13, 2020)Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding	Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)	District of ColumbiaSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	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. ECO-B-017	Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (continuity of State funding and services for local educational agencies that close schools to address COVID-19)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-073	Executive Order No. 2020-5Temporary prohibition on large assemblages and events, temporary school closures	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-094	Proclamation Number 27 JBE 2020Public Health Emergency - COVID-19 (Supplement): gatherings of 250 prohibited; public schools closed to students until April 13, 2020…	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. LA-002	Proclamation 27 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MD-033	Order of the Governor (Mar. 13, 2020), Expanding Child Care AccessExpanding Child Care Access	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 13, 2020		Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-002	Order of the Health Officer (Mar. 12, 2020; effective Mar. 13, 2020); Amended Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (Mar. 16, 2020; effective Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum (Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum 2 (Mar. 18, 2020); Addendum 3 (Mar. 23, 2020; effective Mar. 24, 2020) (County composite file)Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations	Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego; Emergency Regulations by Helen Robbins-Meyer, Director of Emergency Services	San Diego County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MI-002	Executive Order 2020-5Temporary prohibition on large assemblages and events, temporary school closures	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. SC-001	Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. WA-008	Proclamation 20-12Higher education: prohibition on in-person classes at universities, colleges, technical schools and apprenticeship programs	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AK-003	COVID-19 Health Mandate 001Health Mandate 001 (visitation at State institutions; non-student-contact days at public schools)	Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer)	AlaskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-002	Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002	Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023Executive Order to implement the necessary closure of governmental and private sector operations in order to combat the effects of…	Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced	Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - GovernorTerritorial	Mar. 15, 2020		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hours	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. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
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 Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. CT-002)
Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan), Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045)
Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator), Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis), Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007)
DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan, Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-26-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. CA-004)
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), OSSE, Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding (issued March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DC-083)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-005)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-26-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-017)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-5 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-073)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-094)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. LA-002)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 13, 2020), Expanding Child Care Access (Ex. MD-033)
Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego; Emergency Regulations by Helen Robbins-Meyer, Director of Emergency Services, Order of the Health Officer (Mar. 12, 2020; effective Mar. 13, 2020); Amended Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (Mar. 16, 2020; effective Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum (Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum 2 (Mar. 18, 2020); Addendum 3 (Mar. 23, 2020; effective Mar. 24, 2020) (County composite file) (Ex. MET-SAN-002)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-5 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MI-002)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-12 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WA-008)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer), COVID-19 Health Mandate 001 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-003)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 117 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-002)
Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-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)
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)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
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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