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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MD-094	MDH Notice - Face Covering Recommendation (Effective July 1, 2021)Notice - Face Covering Recommendation (Effective July 1, 2021)	Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health	MarylandSector regulator	June 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-031	H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements (2021 First Special Session)Face Covering Requirements	Utah Legislature, 2021 First Special Session; Governor Spencer Cox (signed)	UtahState	May 19, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. UT-045	H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements, 2021 First Special SessionFace Covering Requirements	Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Rep. Val L. Peterson); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox	UtahState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-100	Executive Order 2022-02, Rescinding the indoor face covering requirement for certain businesses, facilities and places of assembly open to the public; Maintaining the requirement on Howard County public transportationRescinding the indoor face covering requirement...; Maintaining the requirement on Howard County public transportation	County Executive Calvin Ball	Howard County, MarylandCounty	Feb. 1, 2022		Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-073	Yolo County COVID-19 hub page as captured Dec. 15, 2020 (chronology of local orders; Face Covering Health Order)Yolo County - Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) - Face Covering Health Order and order chronology	Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (Novel Coronavirus 2019 web hub)	Yolo County, CaliforniaCounty	Dec. 15, 2020		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-065	FlyPDX 'Coronavirus News & Updates' (captured May 12, 2020): all airlines serving PDX require passenger face coverings from May 11, 2020; all Port staff working at PDX must wear face coverings; airline lounges closed; PDX Conference Center suspended (Mar. 17); children's play areas closed (Mar. 18); TSA screening consolidated to the D/E checkpoint (Mar. 22); USO and CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended (to at least June 1); sit-down restaurants restricted to takeout under the Governor's order; 40-plus shops and restaurants closed temporarily; JetBlue suspended to June 30; Hawaiian suspended under Hawaii's quarantine order; WestJet and Air Canada suspended under border restrictions; Volaris not operating in May; airline rent deferrals and concession minimum-rent suspensionsCoronavirus News & Updates - Portland International Airport (face coverings from May 11; facility closures; concessions takeout only under…	Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX)	Oregon (Portland International Airport, PDX)Sector regulator	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace 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. SEC-15-045	Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)An Act to Prohibit the Mandatory Use of Face Masks, Face Shields, or Other Face Coverings	Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed)	ArkansasState	Apr. 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. ND-080	House Bill 1323 (2021)'A statewide elected official or the state health officer may not mandate an individual in this state use a face mask, face shield, or other…	Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly (House Bill 1323); signed by Governor Burgum	North DakotaState	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	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. LA-014	Proclamation 89 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures (statewide face covering order; bars closed; 50-person crowd…	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	July 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DE-038	Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (all active restrictions combined; general face-covering and distancing…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	May 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-011	MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured July 1, 2020MSDH prevention guidance for individuals, businesses and the community (July 1, 2020 state): stay home if sick; masks 'should' be worn away…	Mississippi State Department of Health	MississippiState	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	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-AUS-040	County Judge Order No. 2020-7: Relating to the Declaration regarding COVID-19 (Stay Home - Work Safe)Stay Home - Work Safe Order (extension to May 8, 2020; face-covering requirements; all gatherings prohibited)	Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt	Travis County, TexasCounty	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-056	County Judge Order 2022-02 Terminating Amended Order 2021-09a; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Designated Travis County FacilitiesOrder terminating County Judge Order 2021-09a (face coverings in designated County facilities) effective March 22, 2022	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, TexasCounty	Mar. 22, 2022		Other	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-AUS-005	Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200508-011Stay Home - Work Safe Order (Governor's reopening phase incorporated; distancing, hygiene and face-covering behaviors ordered; test-result…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-105	MDOT MTA COVID-19 service reductions, boarding rules and face-covering requirement (agency web notice, captured Apr. 17, 2020)MDOT MTA Coronavirus (COVID-19) page: service status and face-covering requirement	Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration	Baltimore region (MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink, MobilityLink, Commuter Bus, MARC)Sector regulator	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	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. IL-013	Executive Order 2020-32 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 30)Modified Stay at Home Order: public health requirements for individuals leaving home and for businesses (face coverings; retail…	Governor JB Pritzker	IllinoisState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rules	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-MSP-044	Emergency Executive Orders 2021-35 (September 3, 2021) and 2021-36 (September 9, 2021)Extending EEO 2020-3, 2020-4, 2020-29, 2020-33, 2020-44 (2021-35) and EEO 2021-33 face covering requirement at City-controlled facilities…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City of Saint PaulCity	Sept. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read

Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health, MDH Notice - Face Covering Recommendation (Effective July 1, 2021) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. MD-094)
Utah Legislature, 2021 First Special Session; Governor Spencer Cox (signed), H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements (2021 First Special Session) (May 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-031)
Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Rep. Val L. Peterson); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox, H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements, 2021 First Special Session (May 28, 2021) (Ex. UT-045)
County Executive Calvin Ball, Executive Order 2022-02, Rescinding the indoor face covering requirement for certain businesses, facilities and places of assembly open to the public; Maintaining the requirement on Howard County public transportation (Feb. 1, 2022) (Ex. MET-BAL-100)
Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (Novel Coronavirus 2019 web hub), Yolo County COVID-19 hub page as captured Dec. 15, 2020 (chronology of local orders; Face Covering Health Order) (Ex. MET-SAC-073)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), FlyPDX 'Coronavirus News & Updates' (captured May 12, 2020): all airlines serving PDX require passenger face coverings from May 11, 2020; all Port staff working at PDX must wear face coverings; airline lounges closed; PDX Conference Center suspended (Mar. 17); children's play areas closed (Mar. 18); TSA screening consolidated to the D/E checkpoint (Mar. 22); USO and CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended (to at least June 1); sit-down restaurants restricted to takeout under the Governor's order; 40-plus shops and restaurants closed temporarily; JetBlue suspended to June 30; Hawaiian suspended under Hawaii's quarantine order; WestJet and Air Canada suspended under border restrictions; Volaris not operating in May; airline rent deferrals and concession minimum-rent suspensions (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-065)
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)
Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed), Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-045)
Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly (House Bill 1323); signed by Governor Burgum, House Bill 1323 (2021) (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. ND-080)
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)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 89 JBE 2020 (July 11, 2020) (Ex. LA-014)
Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 18, 2021) (Ex. DE-038)
Mississippi State Department of Health, MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured July 1, 2020 (Ex. DUT-MS-011)
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)
Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, County Judge Order No. 2020-7: Relating to the Declaration regarding COVID-19 (Stay Home - Work Safe) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-040)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order 2022-02 Terminating Amended Order 2021-09a; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (Mar. 22, 2022) (Ex. MET-AUS-056)
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)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200508-011 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-005)
Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration, MDOT MTA COVID-19 service reductions, boarding rules and face-covering requirement (agency web notice, captured Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-105)
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)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-32 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 30) (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. IL-013)
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)
Mayor Melvin Carter III, Emergency Executive Orders 2021-35 (September 3, 2021) and 2021-36 (September 9, 2021) (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-044)

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