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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AR-001	Executive Order 20-03Executive Order to Declare an Emergency, as Authorized by Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114, and Order the Arkansas Department of Health to Take…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-044	ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020)Voluntary, suggested screening criteria for hospital employees and visitors; review of visitation criteria	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AR-045	ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive)Directive barring visitation and restricting entry at long-term-care facilities	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AR-074	ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care')Long-term-care visitation prohibition and screening directive (second copy of the March 13, 2020 text)	Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services	ArkansasSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023	DOC news release, 'DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19'Inmate visitation suspended 21 days at all prisons and community correction centers; only badged volunteers admitted; Parole Board hearings…	Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley)	Arkansas Department of Corrections (Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction); State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-018	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate, circuit and district courts	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-019	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam)Per curiam closing the Justice Building to the public and extending the suspension of in-person proceedings to April 17, 2020	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-035	ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Directive closing schools through April 17, closing restaurant and bar dine-in service, gyms and indoor entertainment venues, moving State…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AR-036	ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020)Directive limiting dental practice to emergency care	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-025	ADH, 'COVID-19: Guidance for State Correctional Facilities and Local Detention Facilities' (Mar. 27, 2020)Guidance for prisons and county jails: visitation prohibited; screening of visitors, staff and volunteers; restriction of transfers between…	Arkansas Department of Health	Arkansas Department of Health (guidance to State correctional facilities and local detention facilities); State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-020	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 1, 2020 and suspending jury summonses through June 30, 2020	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-040	ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye care	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-053	ADH Directive on Elective SurgeriesDirective postponing elective procedures, testing and office visits	Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.)	ArkansasState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AR-003	Executive Order 20-13Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03 Regarding the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19 for the Purpose of Imposing Further…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Apr. 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-046	ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based Organizations (April 17, 2020)Directive cancelling summer camp operations	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AR-021	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom limit and face coverings	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-030	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark. 166 (per curiam)Per curiam requiring eviction and failure-to-vacate filings to plead that the property is not a CARES Act covered dwelling	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-005	Executive Order 20-25Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Renewing the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Prevent the Spread…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AR-022	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam)Per curiam resuming hearings from May 18, 2020 by video, audio or in person under Department of Health gathering limits	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-058	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer appointments	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-085	ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020)Day camps: classes of ten or fewer, no outside adults, no field trips, masks for staff and campers ten and older	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AR-072	ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020)Phased resumption of youth and adult team sports with screening, temperature checks, distancing and masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	June 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AR-023	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-007	Executive Order 20-37Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	June 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AR-059	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020)Elective procedures: history of the April 27 resumption and its testing conditions; symptomatic-patient testing, contact exclusion and…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read

Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-001)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-044)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-045)
Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care') (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-074)
Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley), DOC news release, 'DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AR-018)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-019)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive of March 19, 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AR-035)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-036)
Arkansas Department of Health, ADH, 'COVID-19: Guidance for State Correctional Facilities and Local Detention Facilities' (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-025)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-020)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-040)
Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.), ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-053)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-13 (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. AR-003)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based Organizations (April 17, 2020) (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. AR-046)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam) (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-021)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark. 166 (per curiam) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AR-030)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-25 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. AR-005)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam) (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AR-022)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-058)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020) (Ex. AR-085)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. AR-072)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-023)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-37 (June 18, 2020) (Ex. AR-007)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-059)

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