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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AL-001	Proclamation by the Governor: State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation declaring a state public health emergency; alternative standards of care	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-012	Ala. Code § 31-9-8(a)(1), (5), (6)Emergency powers of Governor	Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955)	AlabamaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AL-004	First Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)Rescheduling the March 31, 2020 primary runoff; ratifying the closure of all K-12 public schools; Open Meetings Act relief; emergency…	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AL-007	Emergency Rule 420-4-1-.13 ER, Statewide Social Distancing Requirements in Response to COVID-19Emergency rule adopting the State Health Officer's statewide order as a rule of the State Board of Health	Alabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health)	AlabamaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AL-069	Ordinance No. 20-48, An Ordinance to Establish a 'Shelter in Place Order' for the City of Birmingham during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency24-hour shelter-in-place curfew for all persons in Birmingham	Council of the City of Birmingham (recommended by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin)	City of Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)City	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. AL-094	Tuscaloosa curfew orders of March 2020 (10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. from March 27; 24-hour curfew from 10:00 p.m. March 29 through April 11, 2020)Tuscaloosa 24-hour curfew: residents to leave home only for essential purposes; all non-essential businesses closed; misdemeanor fines up to…	Mayor Walt Maddox	City of Tuscaloosa, AlabamaCity	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AL-070	Ordinance No. 20-50, An Ordinance to Readopt and Amend Ordinance No. 20-48, Establishing a 'Shelter in Place Order'Shelter-in-place curfew readopted and continued to 11:59 p.m. April 30, 2020; all businesses to comply with the State Health Officer's…	Council of the City of Birmingham; approved by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin	City of Birmingham, AlabamaCity	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. AL-013	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 3, 2020 (with technical revisions dated April 10, 2020) -- the Stay at Home OrderStay at Home Order	State Health Officer Scott Harris (announced by Governor Ivey)	AlabamaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-093	City of Mobile stay-at-home order and curfew (announced April 3, 2020)Mobile stay-at-home order with a 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew, effective 10:00 p.m. April 4, 2020 through April 30, 2020	Mayor Sandy Stimpson	City of Mobile, AlabamaCity	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-AL-017	Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order (April 5, 2020)Guidance for Law Enforcement -- Subject: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order	Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama	AlabamaState	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AL-097	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamations of April 13, June 9, August 21 and December 11, 2020 and March 22, 2021Resumption of pardon and parole hearings (Apr. 13, 2020); June 9, 2020 proclamation (subject not verified); administration of municipal…	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AL-017	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 28, 2020 -- the Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order: mandatory employer and business protections, retail at 50 percent, higher-risk businesses closed, restaurants takeout…	State Health Officer Scott Harris (announced by Governor Ivey April 28, 2020)	AlabamaState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-071	Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20-48, as amended by Ordinance No. 20-50, to modify the 'Shelter in Place Order' to an overnight curfew (the 'Safer in Birmingham Curfew')Overnight public-safety curfew 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily; continued to 11:59 p.m. May 15, 2020; State Health Officer's order adopted by…	Council of the City of Birmingham (recommended and submitted by Mayor Woodfin)	City of Birmingham, AlabamaCity	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-081	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Safer at Home)Safer at Home Order (Apr. 28, 2020)	State Health Officer Scott Harris	AlabamaState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AL-018	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): rural electric cooperatives; July 14, 2020 runoff election; protection against evictions; extension of emergencyExtension of the state of emergency for sixty days (May 12 to July 11, 2020); eviction protection limited to nonpayment	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	May 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AL-020	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended May 8, 2020 (Safer at Home)Reopening of restaurants (party size 8, six feet between tables, employee masks, no self-service), close-contact providers and athletic…	State Health Officer Scott Harris	AlabamaState	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-021	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended May 21, 2020 (Safer at Home)Entertainment venues reopen at 50 percent May 22 at 5:00 p.m.; team athletics limited to conditioning until June 14; schools may operate…	State Health Officer Scott Harris	AlabamaState	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-077	Order of the Jefferson County Health Officer adopting the State Health Officer's Order Suspending Certain Public Gatherings but retaining limitations on entertainment venues until June 6, 2020 (Spanish-language version)Jefferson County adopts the May 21, 2020 statewide order but keeps entertainment venues closed in the county until June 6, 2020	Jefferson County Health Officer Mark E. Wilson, M.D.	Jefferson County, AlabamaCounty	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AL-025	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): remote meetings of nonprofit corporations; extending the public health emergencyExtension of the state of emergency from July 11 to September 9, 2020; remote member meetings for nonprofit corporations	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	July 2, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AL-024	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended June 30, 2020 (Safer at Home)Extension of the Safer at Home Order to July 31, 2020; hospital and long-term care visitation 'limited' from July 3, 2020	State Health Officer Scott Harris	AlabamaState	June 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-026	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Requiring masks in the Safer at Home health orderProclamation adding the statewide mask requirement and promulgating the State Health Officer's order as an order under the Emergency…	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	July 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. AL-027	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended July 15, 2020 (Safer at Home; statewide mask order)Statewide facial-covering requirement; employer code adds 'encouraging use of masks'; preemption of county face-covering orders and…	State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey	AlabamaState	July 15, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-029	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Extending the Safer at Home health orderPromulgation of the July 29, 2020 amended order (to August 31, 2020)	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	July 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. AL-030	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended July 29, 2020 (Safer at Home)Extension to August 31, 2020; masks required of students in second grade and above; children six and under or below second grade exempt	State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey	AlabamaState	July 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-031	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Extending the Safer at Home order and the public health emergencyPromulgation of the August 27, 2020 amended order (to October 2, 2020); extension of the emergency from September 9 to November 8, 2020	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	Aug. 27, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Primary source read

Governor Kay Ivey, Proclamation by the Governor: State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AL-001)
Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955), Ala. Code § 31-9-8(a)(1), (5), (6) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-012)
Governor Kay Ivey, First Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AL-004)
Alabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health), Emergency Rule 420-4-1-.13 ER, Statewide Social Distancing Requirements in Response to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AL-007)
Council of the City of Birmingham (recommended by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin), Ordinance No. 20-48, An Ordinance to Establish a 'Shelter in Place Order' for the City of Birmingham during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AL-069)
Mayor Walt Maddox, Tuscaloosa curfew orders of March 2020 (10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. from March 27; 24-hour curfew from 10:00 p.m. March 29 through April 11, 2020) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AL-094)
Council of the City of Birmingham; approved by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, Ordinance No. 20-50, An Ordinance to Readopt and Amend Ordinance No. 20-48, Establishing a 'Shelter in Place Order' (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AL-070)
State Health Officer Scott Harris (announced by Governor Ivey), Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 3, 2020 (with technical revisions dated April 10, 2020) -- the Stay at Home Order (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AL-013)
Mayor Sandy Stimpson, City of Mobile stay-at-home order and curfew (announced April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AL-093)
Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of 'Stay at Home' Order (April 5, 2020) (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-017)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamations of April 13, June 9, August 21 and December 11, 2020 and March 22, 2021 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AL-097)
State Health Officer Scott Harris (announced by Governor Ivey April 28, 2020), Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 28, 2020 -- the Safer at Home Order (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AL-017)
Council of the City of Birmingham (recommended and submitted by Mayor Woodfin), Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20-48, as amended by Ordinance No. 20-50, to modify the 'Shelter in Place Order' to an overnight curfew (the 'Safer in Birmingham Curfew') (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AL-071)
State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Safer at Home) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-081)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): rural electric cooperatives; July 14, 2020 runoff election; protection against evictions; extension of emergency (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AL-018)
State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended May 8, 2020 (Safer at Home) (Ex. AL-020)
State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended May 21, 2020 (Safer at Home) (Ex. AL-021)
Jefferson County Health Officer Mark E. Wilson, M.D, Order of the Jefferson County Health Officer adopting the State Health Officer's Order Suspending Certain Public Gatherings but retaining limitations on entertainment venues until June 6, 2020 (Spanish-language version) (May 22, 2020) (Ex. AL-077)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): remote meetings of nonprofit corporations; extending the public health emergency (July 2, 2020) (Ex. AL-025)
State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended June 30, 2020 (Safer at Home) (Ex. AL-024)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Requiring masks in the Safer at Home health order (July 15, 2020) (Ex. AL-026)
State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended July 15, 2020 (Safer at Home; statewide mask order) (Ex. AL-027)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Extending the Safer at Home health order (July 29, 2020) (Ex. AL-029)
State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended July 29, 2020 (Safer at Home) (Ex. AL-030)
Governor Kay Ivey, Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Extending the Safer at Home order and the public health emergency (Aug. 27, 2020) (Ex. AL-031)

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