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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MT-084	Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amended	Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)	Cascade County, MontanaCounty	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-076	Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency rule	Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	July 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-068	Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase OneEmergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One	Gallatin City-County Board of Health (Becky Franks, Chair)	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MT-069	Order of Health Officer HO-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase OneOrder of Health Officer HO-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One	Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Gallatin City-County Health Department	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MT-087	Senate Bill 65 (2021): COVID-19 civil liability protections for businesses, health care providers, nonprofit organizations and places of worship that take measures to protect individuals from COVID-19 and follow public health guidanceSenate Bill No. 65 (2021), COVID-19 liability protections	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, signed by Governor Gianforte Feb. 10, 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-047	Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 (rescinding the Aug. 18 order; each County school to maintain a COVID-19 Plan)Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020	John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone	Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-029	Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116 (Powers and duties of local boards of health) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-073)Powers and duties of local boards of health, including the 2021 limits of subsection (5) and the enforcement saving clause of subsection (7)	Montana Legislature (Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, as amended by Ch. 324 and Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021; HB 257, approved May 7, 2021))	MontanaState	Apr. 16, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-010	Mont. Code Ann. 50-71-201Employer to provide safe workplace and to purchase, furnish, and require use of health and safety items -- safe practices	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 71)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-015	Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1601 (SB 65 sec. 1)Definitions ('public health guidance'; 'person'; 'premises'; 'personal protective equipment')	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MT-079	Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce)Missoula City-County Board of Health mask rule, adopted and effective July 9, 2020	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MT-014	Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1606 (SB 65 sec. 6)Affirmative defense -- reasonable measures consistent with regulations, orders, and public health guidance	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-002	Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203Public health inspections	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MT-032	Montana Directive of May 7, 2020 (congregate care)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for measures to maintain health and safety in foster or congregate…	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MT-021	Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Feb. 12, 2021; rescinding and replacing all prior directives)Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021	Governor Greg Gianforte	MontanaState	Feb. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-017	Mont. Code Ann. 50-50-105Diseased person not to handle food	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 50, Food Establishments)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-006	Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-123Compliance order authorized	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-019	Stand Up Montana v. Missoula County Public Schools, 2023 MT 240, No. DA 23-0046 (Mont. Dec. 12, 2023)Opinion affirming summary judgment for the Missoula County school districts on the substantive due process challenge to their 2021-22 mask…	Supreme Court of Montana (Gustafson, J.)	MontanaCourt	Dec. 12, 2023		Standing dutyFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-020	State of Montana Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions, updated April 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m.Coronavirus FAQs (General Questions on Directive; Social Distancing Requirements for Essential Businesses; Travel and Quarantine; Essential…	State of Montana, State Emergency Operations Center, Joint Information Center (JIC) (Office of the Governor; hosted at covid19.mt.gov)	MontanaState	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-022	Phase One Directive with Appendix A (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing guidance for the phased reopening of Montana and establishing conditions for Phase One) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-013)Phase One Directive: Guidance Applicable to All Phases; Phase One conditions; Appendix A General Business Reopening Guidelines	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Apr. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MT-009	Stay at Home Directive (Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to stay at home and designating certain essential functions)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to stay at home and designating certain essential functions	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MT-072	House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified at Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312. Discrimination based on vaccination status or possession of immunity passport prohibited -- definitions (En. Sec.…	Montana Legislature (67th), HB 702, approved by Governor Gianforte May 7, 2021; 2021 Mont. Laws ch. 418	MontanaState	May 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-013	Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1602 (SB 65 sec. 2)Liability (COVID-19 civil liability protection)	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, approved by Governor Gianforte Feb. 10, 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MT-060	Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, December 21, 2020	Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana	Montana (statewide judiciary)Court	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-030	Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312 (cross-reference to Ex. MT-072)Discrimination based on vaccination status or possession of immunity passport prohibited -- definitions	Montana Legislature (67th), House Bill 702, Ch. 418, L. 2021, approved May 7, 2021	MontanaState	May 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-081	House Bill 702 (2021)An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport	Montana Legislature (Governor Greg Gianforte signed)	MontanaState	May 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read

Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments), Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeks (Ex. MT-084)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021 (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MT-076)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health (Becky Franks, Chair), Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MT-068)
Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Gallatin City-County Health Department, Order of Health Officer HO-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MT-069)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, signed by Governor Gianforte Feb. 10, 2021, Senate Bill 65 (2021): COVID-19 civil liability protections for businesses, health care providers, nonprofit organizations and places of worship that take measures to protect individuals from COVID-19 and follow public health guidance (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. MT-087)
John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone, Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 (rescinding the Aug. 18 order; each County school to maintain a COVID-19 Plan) (Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. MT-047)
Montana Legislature (Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, as amended by Ch. 324 and Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021; HB 257, approved May 7, 2021)), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116 (Powers and duties of local boards of health) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-073) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-029)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 71), Mont. Code Ann. 50-71-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-010)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1601 (SB 65 sec. 1) (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-015)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. MT-079)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1606 (SB 65 sec. 6) (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-014)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1), Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-002)
Governor Steve Bullock, Montana Directive of May 7, 2020 (congregate care) (Ex. MT-032)
Governor Greg Gianforte, Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Feb. 12, 2021; rescinding and replacing all prior directives) (Ex. MT-021)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 50, Food Establishments), Mont. Code Ann. 50-50-105 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-017)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-123 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-006)
Supreme Court of Montana (Gustafson, J.), Stand Up Montana v. Missoula County Public Schools, 2023 MT 240, No. DA 23-0046 (Mont. Dec. 12, 2023) (Ex. DUT-MT-019)
State of Montana, State Emergency Operations Center, Joint Information Center (JIC) (Office of the Governor; hosted at covid19.mt.gov), State of Montana Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions, updated April 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m. (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-020)
Governor Steve Bullock, Phase One Directive with Appendix A (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing guidance for the phased reopening of Montana and establishing conditions for Phase One) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-013) (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-022)
Governor Steve Bullock, Stay at Home Directive (Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to stay at home and designating certain essential functions) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MT-009)
Montana Legislature (67th), HB 702, approved by Governor Gianforte May 7, 2021; 2021 Mont. Laws ch. 418, House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified at Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312 (May 7, 2021) (Ex. MT-072)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, approved by Governor Gianforte Feb. 10, 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1602 (SB 65 sec. 2) (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-013)
Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana, Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MT-060)
Montana Legislature (67th), House Bill 702, Ch. 418, L. 2021, approved May 7, 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312 (cross-reference to Ex. MT-072) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-030)
Montana Legislature (Governor Greg Gianforte signed), House Bill 702 (2021) (May 7, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-081)

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