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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MS-058	Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020)Emergency administrative orders: courts remain open; judges may postpone trials through May 15, 2020; later orders on interactive equipment…	Supreme Court of Mississippi	MississippiCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NC-049	Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2)Order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (COVID-19)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NE-040	Executive Order 20-01Emergency Relief Due to COVID-19 (motor carrier hours-of-service and weight waivers)	Governor Pete Ricketts	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Supply chainOther	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. SD-045	Order Declaring Judicial Emergency COVID-19 DiseaseOrder Declaring Judicial Emergency COVID-19 Disease	South Dakota Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.)	South DakotaCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SD-046	Order Suspending 180-Day Rule (23A-44-5.1)Order Suspending 180-Day Rule	South Dakota Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.)	South DakotaCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-024	Press release of Mar. 13, 2020Cancellation of trial sessions; Court closed to visitors	United States Tax Court	United StatesCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-036	First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-095	BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two)Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan (updated 3:09 p.m. ET, March 13, 2020)	Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice	United States (federal prisons)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-043	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Suspending In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings (judicial state of emergency)	Tennessee Supreme Court (Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins)	TennesseeCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-048	First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.)First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. UT-047	Administrative Order, In re: Order for Court Operations During PandemicAdministrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (March 13, 2020)	Utah Supreme Court (Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, as presiding officer of the Judicial Council)	UtahCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	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. VT-048	Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 36Temporary Postponement of Jury Trials	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel)	VermontCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WA-007	Proclamation 20-11Statewide Limits on Gatherings (250 or more)	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 13, 2020		Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	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-COURTS-022	Release: Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Declares Judicial EmergencyRelease explaining the March 13, 2020 judicial emergency declaration and the standing orders of every Delaware court	Delaware Judiciary (State Court Administrator Gayle Lafferty), for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (Administrative Office of the Courts) (statewide)Court	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. ECO-C-134	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-138	No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations (cruise ships)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Travel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. FED-027	CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further EmbarkationNo Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director)	United States (all cruise ships in U.S. waters or intending to return; 250+ passenger capacity)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. FL-088	FLHSMV COVID-19 Emergency Order (commercial motor vehicles) (Mar. 14, 2020)COVID-19 Emergency Order (Pursuant to Executive Order 20-52): suspension of registration, IFTA/IRP and hours-of-service enforcement for…	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Executive Director Terry L. Rhodes	FloridaSector regulator	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Supply chainOther	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MS-058)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NC-049)
Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order 20-01 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NE-040)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-001)
South Dakota Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.), Order Declaring Judicial Emergency COVID-19 Disease (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-045)
South Dakota Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.), Order Suspending 180-Day Rule (23A-44-5.1) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-046)
United States Tax Court, Press release of Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-024)
Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-036)
Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-095)
Tennessee Supreme Court (Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins), In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TN-043)
Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-048)
Utah Supreme Court (Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, as presiding officer of the Judicial Council), Administrative Order, In re: Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. UT-047)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Executive Order No. 01-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-001)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel), Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 36 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-048)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-11 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WA-007)
OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
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)
Delaware Judiciary (State Court Administrator Gayle Lafferty), for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Declares Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-022)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer), COVID-19 Health Mandate 001 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-003)
Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton), Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-134)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield), No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-138)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027)
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Executive Director Terry L. Rhodes, FLHSMV COVID-19 Emergency Order (commercial motor vehicles) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FL-088)

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