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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-OR-001	Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-015	Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplaceQuestions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues…	Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services	OregonState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-017	JGB Enterprises, LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 325 Or App 326, 529 P3d 262 (Apr. 19, 2023) (A176066): judicial review affirming a default order suspending a Lane County saloon's liquor license for 38 days for violating EO 20-66 and OHA guidance 'that qualified as public health laws' during Extreme Risk (Jan. 4-Feb. 20, 2021)JGB Enterprises, LLC, dba Twisted River Saloon, Petitioner, v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, Respondent	Oregon Court of Appeals	OregonCourt	Apr. 19, 2023	2021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-039	Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance)Clark County approved to move to Phase 2 of state reopening plan	Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)	Clark County, WashingtonCounty	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-044	Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020)County council updates public meeting process in response to COVID-19	Clark County Council	Clark County, WashingtonCounty	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-043	Southwest Region's move to Phase 2 of Healthy Washington effective Feb. 15, 2021 (indoor social gatherings five from two households; outdoor 15; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms and indoor pools 25 percent; indoor entertainment 25 percent or 200; outdoor sports and entertainment 200; face coverings and distancing everywhere)Clark County will move to Phase 2 of the state's reopening plan	Governor Jay Inslee and Washington DOH (Healthy Washington regional phases); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Steven Krager, deputy health officer)	Clark County, Washington (Southwest Region: Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, Klickitat and Wahkiakum Counties)County	Feb. 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-106	Executive Order No. 20-25A Safe and Strong Oregon: Maintaining Essential Health Directives in Response to COVID-19, and Implementing a Phased Approach for Reopening…	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	May 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-007	Statute: ORS chapter 624 (Food Service Facilities), the sanitary code for restaurants: OHA's duty to make sanitation rules (624.041); license suspension, closure for imminent danger (624.073); diseased persons may not work and may not be employed, and the manager's duty to notify OHA (624.080); summary closure (624.096); criminal and civil penalties (624.990, 624.992)ORS 624.041, 624.073, 624.080, 624.096, 624.990 and 624.992: restaurant sanitation rules, exclusion of employees with communicable disease…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-003	Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency)County closes libraries to slow spread of COVID-19, critical health and law enforcement services remain unchanged	Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese	Multnomah County, OregonCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OR-007	Executive Order 20-12Stay Home, Save Lives: Ordering Oregonians to Stay at Home, Closing Specified Retail Businesses, Requiring Social Distancing Measures for…	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OR-020	Executive Order 20-27A Safe and Strong Oregon: Maintaining Essential Health Directives in Response to COVID-19, and Implementing a Phased Approach for Reopening…	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OR-035	Executive Order 20-66Risk and Protection Framework: County-by-County Metrics-Based Approach to Controlling COVID-19 Transmission to Conserve Hospital Capacity…	Governor Kate Brown (OHA assigns Risk Levels and issues binding sector guidance)	OregonState	Dec. 2, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. OR-017	Executive Order 20-25A Safe and Strong Oregon: Maintaining Essential Health Directives in Response to COVID-19, and Implementing a Phased Approach for Reopening…	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-012	Executive Order 20-10Conserving personal protective equipment; cancelling non-urgent health care procedures	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care ordersSupply chain	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. MET-PDX-011	Two-Week Pause on social activities, Nov. 11-25, 2020, applied to Multnomah County (restaurant indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six; indoor activities capped at 50; telework directed; long-term care indoor visits halted; social gatherings six)As COVID-cases increase, officials call two-week pause to separate people during infectious period	Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Chair Deborah Kafoury and Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines (County call to comply)	Multnomah County, OregonCounty	Nov. 6, 2020	2020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-025	Closure of all active recreation areas in City parks (playgrounds, picnic shelters, sports courts, skate park, water features); pick-up games, picnics and gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited in parks (Mar. 23, 2020)City closes playgrounds and sports courts to slow spread of COVID-19	Vancouver Parks and Recreation (Director Julie Hannon), with guidance from Clark County Public Health, under the City's Declaration of Civil Emergency	City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)City	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-036	Board decision of June 11, 2020 to hold off applying for Phase II reopening; extension of the local state of emergency to July 31, 2020Clackamas County exercises caution and holds off on Phase II reopening application	Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present	Clackamas County, OregonCounty	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-037	Two-Week Pause applied to Clackamas County, Nov. 11-25, 2020 (long-term care visitation halted; restaurant and bar patrons reduced; indoor groups capped at six; work from home)Clackamas County reacts to two-week pause to fight COVID-19	Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Clackamas County (Chair Jim Bernard; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present)	Clackamas County, OregonCounty	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-038	Clackamas County's compliance with the Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (Extreme Risk on the latest data); County buildings open to the public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays only, with appointments encouragedClackamas County embraces new data-driven framework to fight COVID-19 (County remains open to serve)	Clackamas County (County Administrator Gary Schmidt; Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (Risk framework)	Clackamas County, OregonCounty	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OR-062	OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance under the County Risk framework (Dec. 3, 2020-June 29, 2021, revised repeatedly)Risk Level Guidance Overview Chart (OHA form le3461) and sector-specific guidance	Oregon Health Authority (under EO 20-66 para. 2-4)	OregonState	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OR-003	Executive Order 20-07Prohibiting On-Premises Consumption of Food or Drink and Gatherings of 25 People or More	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-014	Executive Order No. 20-12Stay Home, Save Lives: Ordering Oregonians to Stay at Home, Closing Specified Retail Businesses, Requiring Social Distancing Measures for…	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-096	OLCC Guidance - Phase One: On-Site Service and Consumption (Reopening Oregon)Reopening Oregon: OLCC Guidance - Phase One, On-Site Service and Consumption	Oregon Liquor Control Commission	Oregon (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-097	OLCC Guidance - Phase Two: On-Site Service and Consumption (Reopening Oregon)Reopening Oregon: OLCC Guidance - Phase Two, On-Site Service and Consumption	Oregon Liquor Control Commission	Oregon (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplace (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-015)
Oregon Court of Appeals, JGB Enterprises, LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 325 Or App 326, 529 P3d 262 (Apr. 19, 2023) (A176066): judicial review affirming a default order suspending a Lane County saloon's liquor license for 38 days for violating EO 20-66 and OHA guidance 'that qualified as public health laws' during Extreme Risk (Jan. 4-Feb. 20, 2021) (Ex. DUT-OR-017)
Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance) (Ex. MET-PDX-039)
Clark County Council, Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-044)
Governor Jay Inslee and Washington DOH (Healthy Washington regional phases); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Steven Krager, deputy health officer), Southwest Region's move to Phase 2 of Healthy Washington effective Feb. 15, 2021 (indoor social gatherings five from two households; outdoor 15; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms and indoor pools 25 percent; indoor entertainment 25 percent or 200; outdoor sports and entertainment 200; face coverings and distancing everywhere) (Feb. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-043)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-25 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-106)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 624 (Food Service Facilities), the sanitary code for restaurants: OHA's duty to make sanitation rules (624.041); license suspension, closure for imminent danger (624.073); diseased persons may not work and may not be employed, and the manager's duty to notify OHA (624.080); summary closure (624.096); criminal and civil penalties (624.990, 624.992) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-007)
Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese, Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-003)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. OR-007)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-27 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. OR-020)
Governor Kate Brown (OHA assigns Risk Levels and issues binding sector guidance), Executive Order 20-66 (Dec. 2, 2020) (Ex. OR-035)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-25 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. OR-017)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-012)
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)
Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Chair Deborah Kafoury and Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines (County call to comply), Two-Week Pause on social activities, Nov. 11-25, 2020, applied to Multnomah County (restaurant indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six; indoor activities capped at 50; telework directed; long-term care indoor visits halted; social gatherings six) (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-011)
Vancouver Parks and Recreation (Director Julie Hannon), with guidance from Clark County Public Health, under the City's Declaration of Civil Emergency, Closure of all active recreation areas in City parks (playgrounds, picnic shelters, sports courts, skate park, water features); pick-up games, picnics and gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited in parks (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-025)
Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present, Board decision of June 11, 2020 to hold off applying for Phase II reopening; extension of the local state of emergency to July 31, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-036)
Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Clackamas County (Chair Jim Bernard; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present), Two-Week Pause applied to Clackamas County, Nov. 11-25, 2020 (long-term care visitation halted; restaurant and bar patrons reduced; indoor groups capped at six; work from home) (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-037)
Clackamas County (County Administrator Gary Schmidt; Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (Risk framework), Clackamas County's compliance with the Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (Extreme Risk on the latest data); County buildings open to the public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays only, with appointments encouraged (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-038)
Oregon Health Authority (under EO 20-66 para. 2-4), OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance under the County Risk framework (Dec. 3, 2020-June 29, 2021, revised repeatedly) (Ex. OR-062)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-003)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-014)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC Guidance - Phase One: On-Site Service and Consumption (Reopening Oregon) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-096)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC Guidance - Phase Two: On-Site Service and Consumption (Reopening Oregon) (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-097)

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