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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MT-016	Face Covering Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	July 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
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. MI-050	MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gathering Prohibition and Face Covering OrderEmergency Order re-imposing statewide gathering limits, face coverings, venue capacity and bar rules after the Supreme Court decision	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	Oct. 5, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-AUS-013	Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	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. MET-SLC-073	Public Health Orders 2020-13 (Aug. 19), 2020-14 (Sept. 24) and 2020-15 (Oct. 26), 2020Order 2020-13 extends the face-covering order through January 5, 2021; Order 2020-14 clarifies that face coverings are required in public…	Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary Edwards	Salt Lake County, UtahCounty	Aug. 19, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NC-022	Executive Order No. 180Additional Face Covering Requirements and Extension of Phase 3	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. IL-021	IDPH emergency amendments to 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 690 (enforcement against businesses of face-covering and gathering-size requirements)Emergency rules on face coverings and gathering sizes for businesses, schools, day cares and other establishments	Illinois Department of Public Health (Governor Pritzker announcing)	IllinoisSector regulator	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-040	Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coveringsClark County to remain in Phase 2 as state pauses reopening process	Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick)	Clark County, WashingtonCounty	July 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-IL-004	Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 adding Section 690.50, Pandemic or Epidemic Respiratory Disease - Emergency ProvisionsFace-covering and gathering requirements binding every business, service, facility and organization open to the public or to employees, with…	Illinois Department of Public Health	IllinoisState	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	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. MET-DCM-038	Directive and Order for Enhanced Consumer and Employee SafetyHealth Officer Directive and Order for Enhanced Consumer and Employee Safety (face coverings in all indoor retail and business…	Ernest L. Carter, M.D., Ph.D., Health Officer, as designee of Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health	Prince George's County, MarylandCounty	Aug. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. CT-024	Executive Order No. 7NNNProtection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Face Covering Modifications; Private Gathering Size Limits…	Acting Governor Susan Bysiewicz	ConnecticutState	Aug. 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. FL-035	DOH Public Health Advisory (In re: Updated Measures to Ensure Protection of Public Health in Response to COVID-19)Public Health Advisory: wearing face coverings; vulnerable populations; gatherings	State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.	FloridaState	June 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirement	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. DE-030	Twenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (youth and amateur adult sports: DPH-approved plans; tournaments barred…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Sept. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. ME-042	Executive Order 16 FY 20/21An Order to Revise Indoor Gathering Limits, Strengthen Face Covering Requirements and Delegate Certain Authority	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Nov. 4, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-061	Executive Order 2020-114Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of…	Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms	City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCity	July 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-014	Joint Public Health Order 2020-09Joint Public Health Order 2020-09 (amending the face-covering order; gyms; indoor and outdoor sports; child care; schools per State PHO…	Summit County Health Officer, County Council and County Manager	Summit County, UtahCounty	Aug. 26, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	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. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016	Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020)Reopening guidance for the 2020-21 school year: mandatory plan elements (health checks, distancing, face coverings, cleaning…	New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa)	New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State levelState	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Governor Steve Bullock, Face Covering Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings) (July 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-016)
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)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gathering Prohibition and Face Covering Order (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MI-050)
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)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-013)
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)
Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary Edwards, Public Health Orders 2020-13 (Aug. 19), 2020-14 (Sept. 24) and 2020-15 (Oct. 26), 2020 (Aug. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-073)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 180 (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-022)
Illinois Department of Public Health (Governor Pritzker announcing), IDPH emergency amendments to 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 690 (enforcement against businesses of face-covering and gathering-size requirements) (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. IL-021)
Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick), Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coverings (Ex. MET-PDX-040)
Illinois Department of Public Health, Emergency amendment to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 adding Section 690.50, Pandemic or Epidemic Respiratory Disease - Emergency Provisions (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-004)
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)
Ernest L. Carter, M.D., Ph.D., Health Officer, as designee of Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, Directive and Order for Enhanced Consumer and Employee Safety (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-DCM-038)
Acting Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Executive Order No. 7NNN (Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. CT-024)
State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D, DOH Public Health Advisory (In re: Updated Measures to Ensure Protection of Public Health in Response to COVID-19) (June 20, 2020) (Ex. FL-035)
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 John C. Carney, Twenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. DE-030)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 16 FY 20/21 (Nov. 4, 2020) (Ex. ME-042)
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Executive Order 2020-114 (July 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-061)
Summit County Health Officer, County Council and County Manager, Joint Public Health Order 2020-09 (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-014)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-73 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 71) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-019)
New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa), Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016)

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