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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. 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-017	COVID-19 Order No. 33Order Implementing a Phased Reopening of Workplaces and Imposing Workplace Safety Measures to Address COVID-19	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036	Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021)Mandatory sector rules for youth and adult amateur sports: risk categories and levels of play, no indoor tournaments, 25-player caps…	Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides)	Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Secretary), sector-specific rules for youth and adult amateur sports under the Governor's reopening orders; State levelState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-030	Minimum Requirements for the Initial Phase 3 Opening of Gaming Establishments (order approved June 23, 2020)Reopening conditions: slot positions six feet apart or plexiglass; three players per blackjack table; no craps, roulette or poker; occupancy…	Massachusetts Gaming Commission	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	June 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085	ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises ConsumptionAdvisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (issued August 10, 2020)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Aug. 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-008	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020The Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020	Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen M. Joyce, Chairman; Lesley Delaney Hawkins, Executive Secretary and General Counsel)	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Aug. 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-026	COVID-19 Order No. 48 (Aug. 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-028; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Amending the Administration of Penalties Issued Pursuant to Certain COVID-19 Orders	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Aug. 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-067	Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering Limitations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Oct. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-033	Minimum Requirements for the Reintroduction of Roulette at the Category 1 Gaming Establishments (order of October 8, 2020)Roulette permitted again at Encore and MGM Springfield under conditions: three players per table, seated only, no standing or congregating…	Massachusetts Gaming Commission	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Oct. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MA-033	COVID-19 Order No. 53Order Requiring Early Closing for Certain Businesses and Activities, Limiting Hours for Alcohol and Adult Use Cannabis Sales, and Modifying…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Nov. 2, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-020	Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020)Decision holding that the Civil Defense Act authorized the Governor's March 10, 2020 declaration and the COVID-19 emergency orders, that the…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.)	MassachusettsCourt	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MA-043	COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021)Further Revised Order Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth (Superseding and Rescinding Order No. 57)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Feb. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089	ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating CapacityAdvisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (issued February 26, 2021; effective March 1, 2021)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-012	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity RestrictionsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions	Licensing Board for the City of Boston	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-082	Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021)Town of Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of…	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	Town of Provincetown, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-036	Minimum Requirements for (1) Expanding Blackjack-Style Tables to Include a 4th Player Position and (2) the Reintroduction of Craps at the Category 1 Gaming Establishments (order of March 11, 2021)Fourth blackjack position permitted with dividers and three-foot spacing; craps reintroduced under conditions; overall capacity remains…	Massachusetts Gaming Commission	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-013	COVID-19 Order No. 66Order advancing to Phase IV Step 1 and rescinding the travel order (Order No. 45)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-018	City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021Mayor Walsh announces Boston to move into modified Phase 4, Step 1 of the Massachusetts Reopening Plan (boston.gov, March 19, 2021)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 19, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-033	Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-055	Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering Limitations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-004	G.L. c. 111, s. 31Health regulations of boards of health; publication as notice to all persons; penalty	General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

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)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-017)
Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides), Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Minimum Requirements for the Initial Phase 3 Opening of Gaming Establishments (order approved June 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-030)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen M. Joyce, Chairman; Lesley Delaney Hawkins, Executive Secretary and General Counsel), Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020 (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-008)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 48 (Aug. 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-028; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-026)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering Limitations (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-067)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Minimum Requirements for the Reintroduction of Roulette at the Category 1 Gaming Establishments (order of October 8, 2020) (Oct. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-033)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 53 (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MA-033)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.), Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-020)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 63 (with the March 18, 2021 Appendix effective March 22, 2021) (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. MA-043)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston, Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-012)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021) (Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-082)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Minimum Requirements for (1) Expanding Blackjack-Style Tables to Include a 4th Player Position and (2) the Reintroduction of Craps at the Category 1 Gaming Establishments (order of March 11, 2021) (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-036)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 66 (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-013)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021 (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-018)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-033)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering Limitations (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-055)
General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 31 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-004)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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