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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-PDX-045	TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips onlyCOVID-19 (Coronavirus) Updates: Masks required on transit; Face covering required on TriMet	TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction	Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet): Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas CountiesSector regulator	July 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-029	Valley Metro COVID-19 rider face-covering requirement and service reductions (page 'COVID-19 updates: face coverings required')COVID-19 updates: face coverings required	Valley Metro (Boards of Directors) and Phoenix City Council (service actions)	Maricopa County, Arizona (Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority; City of Phoenix Public Transit Department)Sector regulator	July 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-060	City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages): Proclamation of Civil Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); Proclamation of Executive Order Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home, Barring Non-Essential Business (Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 3 - Apr. 17, 2020; continued Apr. 16 and Apr. 30, 2020 to May 15); Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order (effective May 16, 2020); Amended (June 4, 2020) and Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson (effective July 2, 2020); Mayoral Curfew Orders (effective Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2020); Proclamations closing City Hall and requiring non-essential City employees to work remotely (Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021; Jan. 7 - Jan. 21; Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2021; Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022); Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 10, 2021) and Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021); City employee face-covering-or-vaccination Executive Orders (effective Aug. 16, 2021; amended effective Aug. 23, 2021; amended effective Sept. 20, 2021)COVID-19 Executive Orders, City of Jackson	Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba	City of Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)City	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-070	Metro face-covering requirement for all riders on Metro buses and trains, effective Monday, May 11, 2020 (announcement of May 7, 2020)Metro to require use of face coverings by riders on Metro buses and trains beginning Monday, May 11	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), announced by The Source (Metro's official news site) May 7, 2020	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) system (buses and rail across Los Angeles County)Sector regulator	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MD-014	Order of the Governor No. 20-07-29-01, Amending and Restating the Order of June 10, 2020, Allowing Reopening of Certain Businesses and Facilities, Subject to Local Regulation, and Generally Requiring Use of Face Coverings.. and Generally Requiring Use of Face Coverings	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	July 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-018	902 KAR 2:210E (new emergency administrative regulation)Covering the face in response to declared national or state public health emergency	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Division of Epidemiology (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander; Governor Andy Beshear)	KentuckyState	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-049	PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020Travel Safe at PDX (Coronavirus Updates)	Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX)	Port of Portland (Portland International Airport, PDX)Sector regulator	July 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-018	Central Pastime, LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 342 Or App 391 (Aug. 6, 2025) (A180094; OLCCV024): judicial review affirming a 72-day liquor-license suspension for failing to require employees and customers to wear face coverings on Dec. 2, 2020 (OHA July 24, 2020 guidance) and Mar. 27, 2021 (EO 20-66)In the Matter of the Full-On Premises Sales License Held By Central Pastime, LLC, dba Central Pastime, Petitioner, v. Oregon Liquor and…	Oregon Court of Appeals (Shorr, P.J., with Pagan, J., and O'Connor, J.)	OregonCourt	Aug. 6, 2025	2020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. HI-016	Fifteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyFifteenth Proclamation (Statewide Face Covering Requirement, Exhibit J; emergency through Dec. 31, 2020)	Governor David Y. Ige	HawaiiState	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-001	Emergency Order for Control of EpidemicEmergency Order for Control of Epidemic (face coverings; bars, restaurants and nightclubs; gatherings and events; workplace safeguards by…	Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer	City of Detroit, MichiganCity	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-18-019	Executive Order 2020-73 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 71)Tier 3 Mitigation Order	Governor JB Pritzker	IllinoisState	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. PA-080	Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Mitigation, Enforcement, and Immunity Protections (Section 14 immunity conformed to the Updated Face Coverings Order)Amendment to the Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Mitigation, Enforcement, and Immunity Protections	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-058	MBTA updated boarding protocols and resumption of standard fare collection effective July 20, 2020 (end of rear-door-only boarding instituted in March 2020; face coverings and operator-area distancing continue)Updated Boarding Protocols, Standard Fare Collection (effective Monday, July 20, 2020)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. CA-059	Emergency brake tier assignments and strengthened face-covering guidance of November 16, 2020Governor Newsom Announces New Immediate Actions to Curb COVID-19 Transmission (November 16, 2020)	Governor Gavin Newsom; California Department of Public Health	CaliforniaState	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-011	Executive Order No. 122 (2020)Cessation of non-essential construction; mitigation requirements for essential retail (50 percent occupancy; face coverings), manufacturing…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TN-021	Executive Order No. 54An Order Providing Local Governments with Authority Concerning Face Coverings	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MO-041	Springfield-Greene County Road to Recovery Plan, revised July 14, 2020 (incorporating the Stay-At-Home Order chart, Phase 1, 2, 3 and 3A charts and the masking requirement)Official framework and record of Springfield's stay-at-home order (Mar. 26 to May 3, 2020), reopening phases (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and…	City of Springfield (Mayor Ken McClure) and Springfield-Greene County Health Department	City of Springfield and Greene County, MissouriCity	July 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. NC-013	Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (statewide face coverings)	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-007	CDCR 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' chronology (as archived Apr. 30, 2020)Department-wide COVID-19 directives: cancellation of visiting and volunteer entries statewide; suspension of large-scale construction inside…	California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Secretary Ralph Diaz) and CCHCS	California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and California Correctional Health Care Services; State levelState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-075	GoDurham COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 15, 2020)GoDurham COVID-19 Updates - fares suspended, rear-door boarding, riders required to wear face coverings; normal schedule resumed June 29…	GoDurham (City of Durham transit)	City of Durham (GoDurham)City	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-036	Tracker entries: City of Phoenix Mayor's emergency declaration (Mar. 17, 2020); City of Tucson Mayor's proclamations (Mar. 17 and Mar. 30, 2020 entries); Tucson curfew ordinance (Dec. 3, 2020 entry); Maricopa and Pima face-covering rules (June 22, 2020 entry)Arizona State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance (Husch Blackwell)	Husch Blackwell LLP, 'Arizona: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance' tracker (law-firm tracker; capture Feb. 4, 2021)	Arizona (metro compilation; secondary source)County	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q4	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-TPA-082	PSTA Coronavirus Response (fare suspension from Mar. 19, 2020; COVID-19 Service Reduction schedules from Mar. 29, 2020 and June 7/15, 2020; fixed-route service ending 10:00 p.m.; face-covering requirement)PSTA Coronavirus Response	Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority	Pinellas County, Florida (Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, independent special district)County	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MO-064	Springfield stay-at-home order (Mar. 26, 2020; extended Apr. 21 to May 3, 2020), Road to Recovery phase orders (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and face-covering ordinance (adopted July 13, 2020; effective July 16, 2020; extended into 2021)Springfield's stay-home, reopening and masking instruments	Mayor Ken McClure (emergency orders) and Springfield City Council (masking ordinance)	City of Springfield, MissouriCity	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-016	Executive Order 04.13.20.02Regarding the use of face masks/coverings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19	Governor Brian P. Kemp	GeorgiaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. ID-075	Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-13Businesses; Individuals, Face Coverings; Airport; Bars; Bicycle Bars; and Public Meetings	Mayor Lauren McLean	City of Boise, IdahoCity	Nov. 19, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read

TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction, TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips only (Ex. MET-PDX-045)
Valley Metro (Boards of Directors) and Phoenix City Council (service actions), Valley Metro COVID-19 rider face-covering requirement and service reductions (page 'COVID-19 updates: face coverings required') (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-029)
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages): Proclamation of Civil Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); Proclamation of Executive Order Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home, Barring Non-Essential Business (Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 3 - Apr. 17, 2020; continued Apr. 16 and Apr. 30, 2020 to May 15); Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order (effective May 16, 2020); Amended (June 4, 2020) and Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson (effective July 2, 2020); Mayoral Curfew Orders (effective Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2020); Proclamations closing City Hall and requiring non-essential City employees to work remotely (Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021; Jan. 7 - Jan. 21; Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2021; Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022); Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 10, 2021) and Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021); City employee face-covering-or-vaccination Executive Orders (effective Aug. 16, 2021; amended effective Aug. 23, 2021; amended effective Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MS-060)
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), announced by The Source (Metro's official news site) May 7, 2020, Metro face-covering requirement for all riders on Metro buses and trains, effective Monday, May 11, 2020 (announcement of May 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-070)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor No. 20-07-29-01, Amending and Restating the Order of June 10, 2020, Allowing Reopening of Certain Businesses and Facilities, Subject to Local Regulation, and Generally Requiring Use of Face Coverings (July 29, 2020) (Ex. MD-014)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Division of Epidemiology (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander; Governor Andy Beshear), 902 KAR 2:210E (new emergency administrative regulation) (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. DUT-KY-018)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-049)
Oregon Court of Appeals (Shorr, P.J., with Pagan, J., and O'Connor, J.), Central Pastime, LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 342 Or App 391 (Aug. 6, 2025) (A180094; OLCCV024): judicial review affirming a 72-day liquor-license suspension for failing to require employees and customers to wear face coverings on Dec. 2, 2020 (OHA July 24, 2020 guidance) and Mar. 27, 2021 (EO 20-66) (Ex. DUT-OR-018)
Governor David Y. Ige, Fifteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. HI-016)
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Order for Control of Epidemic (Oct. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-001)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-73 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 71) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-019)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Mitigation, Enforcement, and Immunity Protections (Section 14 immunity conformed to the Updated Face Coverings Order) (Dec. 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-080)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA updated boarding protocols and resumption of standard fare collection effective July 20, 2020 (end of rear-door-only boarding instituted in March 2020; face coverings and operator-area distancing continue) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-058)
Governor Gavin Newsom; California Department of Public Health, Emergency brake tier assignments and strengthened face-covering guidance of November 16, 2020 (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. CA-059)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 122 (2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. NJ-011)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 54 (July 3, 2020) (Ex. TN-021)
City of Springfield (Mayor Ken McClure) and Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Springfield-Greene County Road to Recovery Plan, revised July 14, 2020 (incorporating the Stay-At-Home Order chart, Phase 1, 2, 3 and 3A charts and the masking requirement) (Ex. MO-041)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 147 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. NC-013)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Secretary Ralph Diaz) and CCHCS, CDCR 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' chronology (as archived Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-007)
GoDurham (City of Durham transit), GoDurham COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 15, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-075)
Husch Blackwell LLP, 'Arizona: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance' tracker (law-firm tracker; capture Feb. 4, 2021), Tracker entries: City of Phoenix Mayor's emergency declaration (Mar. 17, 2020); City of Tucson Mayor's proclamations (Mar. 17 and Mar. 30, 2020 entries); Tucson curfew ordinance (Dec. 3, 2020 entry); Maricopa and Pima face-covering rules (June 22, 2020 entry) (Ex. MET-PHX-036)
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, PSTA Coronavirus Response (fare suspension from Mar. 19, 2020; COVID-19 Service Reduction schedules from Mar. 29, 2020 and June 7/15, 2020; fixed-route service ending 10:00 p.m.; face-covering requirement) (Ex. MET-TPA-082)
Mayor Ken McClure (emergency orders) and Springfield City Council (masking ordinance), Springfield stay-at-home order (Mar. 26, 2020; extended Apr. 21 to May 3, 2020), Road to Recovery phase orders (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and face-covering ordinance (adopted July 13, 2020; effective July 16, 2020; extended into 2021) (Ex. MO-064)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016)
Mayor Lauren McLean, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-13 (Nov. 19, 2020) (Ex. ID-075)

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