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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. TN-063	COVID-19 Bulletin #1 (Mar. 17, 2020): Governor's Mar. 16, 2020 call for all school districts to close by Mar. 20, 2020School Closures: Gov. Lee urged school districts across Tennessee to close by Friday, March 20	Governor Bill Lee (Office of the Governor, COVID-19 Bulletin #1)	TennesseeState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-064	COVID-19 Bulletin #18 (Apr. 15, 2020): Governor's call for schools to remain closed through the end of the 2019-20 school yearSchool Closure: Gov. Lee has called on schools to remain closed through the end of the school year	Governor Bill Lee (Office of the Governor, COVID-19 Bulletin #18)	TennesseeState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools 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. TN-068	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate…	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)	Tennessee (Knox County)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005	Executive Order No. 15An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Bill Lee	Tennessee (Governor; Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Driver Services Division)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	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. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-010	Executive Order No. 26 (Apr. 9, 2020); TN-042 (EO 52, June 29, 2020)An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate Remote Notarization and Witnessing of Documents	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-036	Executive Order No. 84An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-050	Executive Order No. 84An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools (parental opt-out)	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-002	Executive Order No. 15An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-003	Executive Order No. 16An Order Ensuring Government Continues to Function Openly and Transparently During the COVID-19 Emergency While Taking Appropriate Measures…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TN-007	Executive Order No. 22An Order Directing Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activities to Limit Their Exposure to and Spread of COVID-19…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-017	Executive Order No. 36An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	May 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-022	Executive Order No. 55An Order to Facilitate and Respond to Continuing Effects of COVID-19 by Amending Prior Executive Orders	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	July 31, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-027	Executive Order No. 70An Order to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 and Preserve Health Care Capacity by Limiting Gatherings and Spectator Events and Urging Working…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Dec. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. TN-029	Executive Order No. 74An Order Extending, as Amended, Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 70 Relative to Spectator Sports & Athletic Activities	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Jan. 19, 2021	2021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. TN-038	Executive Order No. 89An Order Extending Executive Order 84	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-040	Executive Order No. 91An Order Extending Executive Order 84	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 5, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-041	Executive Order No. 92An Order Terminating Executive Order No. 84, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 89 & 91, Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-042	Executive Order No. 52An Order Extending Remote Notarization and Witnessing of Documents to Further Contain COVID-19	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	June 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-066	Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077)An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated... relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 14)	Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-067	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021)Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-082	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson County pending trial	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read

Governor Bill Lee (Office of the Governor, COVID-19 Bulletin #1), COVID-19 Bulletin #1 (Mar. 17, 2020): Governor's Mar. 16, 2020 call for all school districts to close by Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. TN-063)
Governor Bill Lee (Office of the Governor, COVID-19 Bulletin #18), COVID-19 Bulletin #18 (Apr. 15, 2020): Governor's call for schools to remain closed through the end of the 2019-20 school year (Ex. TN-064)
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)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 15 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005)
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)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 26 (Apr. 9, 2020); TN-042 (EO 52, June 29, 2020) (Ex. TN-010)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. TN-036)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-050)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 15 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. TN-002)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 16 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. TN-003)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 22 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. TN-007)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 36 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. TN-017)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 55 (July 31, 2020) (Ex. TN-022)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 70 (Dec. 20, 2020) (Ex. TN-027)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 74 (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. TN-029)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 89 (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. TN-038)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 91 (Nov. 5, 2021) (Ex. TN-040)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 92 (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-041)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 52 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. TN-042)
Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee, Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077) (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-066)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. TN-067)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
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 preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-082)

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