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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044	Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020)Governor Abbott Temporarily Suspends Certain Statutes To Allow For Appearance Before Notary Public Via Videoconference	Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension)	Texas (Governor)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042	Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	Maryland (Governor)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NM-071	Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021)Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. VT-083	Transcript, Governor Phil Scott and Dr. Mark Levine Discuss Delta, Vaccine Effectiveness and Pandemic Divisiveness at Weekly COVID-19 BriefingState-employee vaccination requirement (24/7 facilities from Sept. 1, 2021; all executive-branch employees attest-or-test-and-mask from…	Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 8, 2021 press conference)	VermontState	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MD-038	Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MD-098	Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, RegistrationsExtending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations, and Other Governmental Authorizations, and Authorizing Suspension of Legal Time…	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. VT-084	Transcript, Governor Phil Scott Discusses Start of the School Year, Vaccines and Vermont Data at Weekly COVID-19 BriefingVaccine requirement for State employees in Corrections, the Veterans' Home and the State Psychiatric Hospital announced 'a few weeks ago'…	Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the August 31, 2021 press conference)	VermontState	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. VT-085	Transcript, Governor Phil Scott Discusses Latest COVID-19 Trends at Weekly Press ConferenceAll State employees must be vaccinated or wear a mask and test, effective the week of September 15, 2021; every school but one has a masking…	Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 21, 2021 press conference)	VermontState	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038	P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903)An Act concerning remote notarial acts, and other acts for executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and certain other…	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New Jersey (Legislature)State	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-063	Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filings	Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TX-002	Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government Transparency	Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General)	TexasState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. KS-040	Senate Bill 40 (2021)An act concerning governmental response to certain emergencies; prescribing powers, duties and functions of the board of education of each…	Kansas Legislature	KansasState	Mar. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-073	Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order dated May 4, 2021 regarding the Governor's Executive Order No. 1551 (EO 1551 attached as Exhibit A)Adopting EO 1551 for the City of Biloxi	Mayor Andrew Gilich	City of Biloxi, MississippiCity	May 4, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. NM-068	New Mexico PHO of Aug. 17, 2021 (school workers; hospital and congregate-care workers)Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113	Executive Order No. 1467Executive Order No. 1467 (remote notarization for the duration of the State of Emergency and fourteen days thereafter)	Governor Tate Reeves	Mississippi (Governor; Secretary of State's notary rules)State	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. HI-046	Memorandum, Attestation of COVID-19 Testing or VaccinationHIDOE memorandum implementing the Governor's vaccination-or-testing requirement for all DOE employees (Aug. 13, 2021)	Hawaii State Department of Education (Interim Superintendent Keith T. Hayashi)	HawaiiState	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. IA-057	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)	Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)Court	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. IL-067	M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021)Residential eviction proceedings: certification form required with every eviction complaint; judicial review of every eviction filing until…	Supreme Court of Illinois	IllinoisCourt	Apr. 6, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-003	P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789)An Act To Implement Provisions Necessary to the Health, Welfare and Safety of the Citizens of Maine in Response to the COVID-19 Public…	Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. VT-058	Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic MeasuresJudicial emergency continues after the Governor's order expired; mask policy; clerk windows; non-HVAC courthouses closed to in-person…	State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel	VermontCourt	June 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050	Act 95 of 2020 (S.114)An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency	Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020	Vermont (General Assembly; Secretary of State's Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts)State	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-040	Executive Order and Proclamation Suspending Certain Provisions of the V.I. Code During the State of Health EmergencyProclamation Order Suspending V.I. Code Sections	Governor Albert Bryan Jr.	U.S. Virgin Islands (territory) - GovernorTerritorial	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read

Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension), Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. NM-071)
Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 8, 2021 press conference), Transcript, Governor Phil Scott and Dr. Mark Levine Discuss Delta, Vaccine Effectiveness and Pandemic Divisiveness at Weekly COVID-19 Briefing (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. VT-083)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19 (Ex. MD-038)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations (Ex. MD-098)
Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the August 31, 2021 press conference), Transcript, Governor Phil Scott Discusses Start of the School Year, Vaccines and Vermont Data at Weekly COVID-19 Briefing (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. VT-084)
Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 21, 2021 press conference), Transcript, Governor Phil Scott Discusses Latest COVID-19 Trends at Weekly Press Conference (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. VT-085)
New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038)
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release), Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate Prohibition (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-063)
Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General), Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. TX-002)
Kansas Legislature, Senate Bill 40 (2021) (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. KS-040)
Mayor Andrew Gilich, Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order dated May 4, 2021 regarding the Governor's Executive Order No. 1551 (EO 1551 attached as Exhibit A) (Ex. MS-073)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, New Mexico PHO of Aug. 17, 2021 (school workers; hospital and congregate-care workers) (Ex. NM-068)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1467 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113)
Hawaii State Department of Education (Interim Superintendent Keith T. Hayashi), Memorandum, Attestation of COVID-19 Testing or Vaccination (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. HI-046)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.), Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32 (Ex. IA-057)
Supreme Court of Illinois, M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021) (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. IL-067)
Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills, P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. ME-003)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel, Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic Measures (June 18, 2021) (Ex. VT-058)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021) (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034)
Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020, Act 95 of 2020 (S.114) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050)
Governor Albert Bryan Jr, Executive Order and Proclamation Suspending Certain Provisions of the V.I. Code During the State of Health Emergency (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-040)

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