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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MA-012	St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile Action	General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	July 20, 1950	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-015	29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)-(2)Duties of employers and employees (the general duty clause)	Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, s. 5)	United States (applies to Massachusetts private employers; no State plan for the private sector)Federal	Dec. 29, 1970	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MA-001	Executive Order No. 591Declaration of a State of Emergency to Respond to COVID-19	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MA-002	COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MA-056	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Implementing Policies and Procedures for Restricting Visitor Access to Nursing Homes and Rest HomesOrder restricting visitors at nursing and rest homes	Commissioner of Public Health	MassachusettsState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-029	Commission vote and release: MGC Temporarily Suspends Operations at Encore, MGM Springfield and Plainridge ParkUnanimous vote to temporarily suspend operation at the Commonwealth's three casino properties; gaming floors close to patrons at 5:59 a.m.…	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (Chair Cathy Judd-Stein)	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming and racing regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-001	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of BostonDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City of Boston (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-049	Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency)City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Mayor, Declaration of Emergency	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone	City of Somerville (Middlesex County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-100	Bulletin 2020-04Emergency Measures to Address and to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus): implementation of the Governor's telehealth order	Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance	Massachusetts; Division of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MA-057	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (hospital visitor restrictions)Order requiring hospitals to screen visitors and restrict visitation	Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-038	940 CMR 3.18, Price Gouging (as amended by emergency regulation effective March 20, 2020)Price Gouging: unfair or deceptive act for any business at any point in the chain of distribution or manufacture to sell goods or services…	Attorney General Maura Healey (Office of the Attorney General)	Massachusetts (Attorney General, consumer-protection regulation)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-007	COVID-19 Order No. 11 (Mar. 20, 2020) with Orders No. 6, 39, 47, 64Order Authorizing Actions to Limit In-Person Transactions at the Registry of Motor Vehicles (first order); Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020) RMV…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MA-006	COVID-19 Order No. 10Order Temporarily Closing All Child Care Programs and Authorizing the Temporary Creation and Operation of Emergency Child Care Programs	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-050	Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and construction)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, acting through its agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-101	Bulletin 2020-05Flexibility in the Issuance and Administration of Insurance during COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Crisis	Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance	Massachusetts; Division of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-032	DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file)Department of Public Health stay-at-home and safer-at-home advisories	Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel)	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyStay-at-homeOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-051	Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-081	ABCC Advisory Regarding On-Premises Licensees Selling for Off-Premises ConsumptionAdvisory Regarding On-Premises Licensees Selling for Off-Premises Consumption (issued April 3, 2020)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Alcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-051	Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting from COVID-19	General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor	MassachusettsState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Alcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-037	Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling UnitsTemporary Emergency Order... Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-162	Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibitedAdditional Emergency Order from the Salem Board of Health (April 9, 2020)	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent)	City of Salem, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-017	Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Provide Liability Protections for Health Care Workers and Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic	General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-095	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 EmergencyMoratorium on non-essential evictions (residential and small-business premises) and foreclosures	General Court of Massachusetts (signed by Governor Baker)	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-052	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency	General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-13-072	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read

General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)
Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, s. 5), 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)-(2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-015)
Governor Charles D. Baker, Executive Order No. 591 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MA-001)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Implementing Policies and Procedures for Restricting Visitor Access to Nursing Homes and Rest Homes (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-056)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission (Chair Cathy Judd-Stein), Commission vote and release: MGC Temporarily Suspends Operations at Encore, MGM Springfield and Plainridge Park (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-029)
Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-049)
Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-100)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (hospital visitor restrictions) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-057)
Attorney General Maura Healey (Office of the Attorney General), 940 CMR 3.18, Price Gouging (as amended by emergency regulation effective March 20, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-038)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 11 (Mar. 20, 2020) with Orders No. 6, 39, 47, 64 (Ex. MA-007)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 10 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-006)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, acting through its agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services, Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and construction) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-050)
Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-05 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-101)
Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel), DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file) (Ex. DUT-MA-032)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-051)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding On-Premises Licensees Selling for Off-Premises Consumption (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-081)
General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MA-051)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-037)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibited (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-162)
General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law), Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MA-017)
General Court of Massachusetts (signed by Governor Baker), Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-095)
General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MA-052)
Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-072)

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