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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-OH-004	Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.)Prohibition against violating pandemic, epidemic or bioterrorism rule or order	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)	OhioState	Sept. 10, 2012	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. OH-002	Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of OhioIn Re: Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-046	Executive Order No. EO2020-0003Declaration and Order Regarding Mass Gatherings for Cuyahoga County	County Executive Armond Budish	Cuyahoga County, OhioCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. OH-006	Amended Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of OhioIn Re: Amended Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-036	Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioNon-essential surgery order	Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-037	Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 19, 2020)Mayor declares State of Emergency	Mayor Joe Meyer	City of Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)City	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-011	Ohio Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) secs. 12(k), 15Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-027	Director's Stay at Home OrderDirector's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, M.D., Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-080	Director's Stay at Home OrderDirector's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-063	Port of Cleveland notice, Mar. 27, 2020: precautions for the 2020 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season (opening Apr. 1; first vessel about the second week of April); vessel representatives required to report sick or deceased crew within 15 days to CDC under 42 C.F.R. 71.21; Coast Guard notice-of-arrival review; vessel masters to inform boarding teams of ill crew; stakeholders to review vessel quarantine and security segregation proceduresPreventative Precautions for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) at the Port of Cleveland	Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland)	Ohio (Port of Cleveland; Cuyahoga County)Sector regulator	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. OH-014	Amended Director's Stay At Home OrderAmended Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-076	Bulletin 2020-08Temporary Licenses During State of Emergency	Superintendent of Insurance	Ohio; Department of InsuranceSector regulator	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-039	GCRTA alert: Riding RTA at this time should only be for essential trips (work, grocery, medical) (Coronavirus Update, Apr. 15, 2020)Coronavirus Update - April 15, 2020; Alert: Riding RTA at this time should only be for essential trips (work, grocery, medical)	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulator	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-019	Director's Stay Safe Ohio OrderDirector's Order that Reopens Businesses, with Exceptions, and Continues a Stay Healthy and Safe at Home Order	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-10-048	Director's Stay Safe Ohio OrderDirector's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020): reopening of manufacturing, distribution and construction (May 4), general office (May 4)…	Dr. Amy Acton, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-022	Urgent Health Advisory: Ohioans Protecting OhioansUrgent Health Advisory - Ohioans Protecting Ohioans	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Stay-at-homeOther	Primary source read
Ex. OH-097	Director's Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio OrderDirector's Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio Order	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074	Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020)The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled	Ohio Expositions Commission	Ohio Expositions Commission (State agency, Ohio Rev. Code ch. 991)State	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. OH-025	Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social DistancingDirector's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-016	Executive Order: Face Covering Requirements Within the City of DublinExecutive Order: Face Covering Requirements Within the City of Dublin	Dana L. McDaniel, City Manager	City of Dublin, Ohio (Franklin, Delaware and Union Counties; principally Franklin)City	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-019	Order 2020-EO-022, Face Covering Requirements Within the City of HilliardOrder: Face Covering Requirements Within the City of Hilliard	Michelle L. Crandall, City Manager	City of Hilliard, Ohio (Franklin County)City	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-028	Ordinance 1821-2020 (as amended and passed July 27, 2020)To require bars, night clubs, and restaurants in the City of Columbus to limit times of operation for onsite consumption of food, beer, wine…	Council of the City of Columbus (at the request of Mayor Ginther and Health Commissioner Roberts)	City of Columbus, OhioCity	July 27, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. OH-031	Executive Order 2020-30D and Ohio Adm. Code 4301:1-1-80 (emergency rule)The Rescission of Executive Order 2020-10D and Emergency Adoption of Rule 4301:1-1-80 of the Ohio Administrative Code by the Liquor Control…	Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-30D) authorizing the Ohio Liquor Control Commission's emergency adoption of Ohio Adm. Code 4301:1-1-80 ('Rule 80')	OhioSector regulator	July 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. OH-099	Director's Amended Order Limiting County Fairs to Junior Fair Activities and Animal Exhibitions, with ExceptionsDirector's Amended Order Limiting County Fairs to Junior Fair Activities and Animal Exhibitions, with Exceptions	Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursEvents and venues	Primary source read

General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-004)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. OH-002)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
County Executive Armond Budish, Executive Order No. EO2020-0003 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-046)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OH-006)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-036)
Mayor Joe Meyer, Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-037)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) secs. 12(k), 15 (Ex. OH-011)
Amy Acton, M.D., Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-027)
Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-080)
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland), Port of Cleveland notice, Mar. 27, 2020: precautions for the 2020 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season (opening Apr. 1; first vessel about the second week of April); vessel representatives required to report sick or deceased crew within 15 days to CDC under 42 C.F.R. 71.21; Coast Guard notice-of-arrival review; vessel masters to inform boarding teams of ill crew; stakeholders to review vessel quarantine and security segregation procedures (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-063)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Stay At Home Order (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. OH-014)
Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-08 (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-076)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, GCRTA alert: Riding RTA at this time should only be for essential trips (work, grocery, medical) (Coronavirus Update, Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-039)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-019)
Dr. Amy Acton, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-048)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Urgent Health Advisory: Ohioans Protecting Ohioans (May 20, 2020) (Ex. OH-022)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio Order (May 20, 2020) (Ex. OH-097)
Ohio Expositions Commission, Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing (May 29, 2020) (Ex. OH-025)
Dana L. McDaniel, City Manager, Executive Order: Face Covering Requirements Within the City of Dublin (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-016)
Michelle L. Crandall, City Manager, Order 2020-EO-022, Face Covering Requirements Within the City of Hilliard (July 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-019)
Council of the City of Columbus (at the request of Mayor Ginther and Health Commissioner Roberts), Ordinance 1821-2020 (as amended and passed July 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-028)
Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-30D) authorizing the Ohio Liquor Control Commission's emergency adoption of Ohio Adm. Code 4301:1-1-80 ('Rule 80'), Executive Order 2020-30D and Ohio Adm. Code 4301:1-1-80 (emergency rule) (July 31, 2020) (Ex. OH-031)
Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Amended Order Limiting County Fairs to Junior Fair Activities and Animal Exhibitions, with Exceptions (July 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-099)

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