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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-OK-009	11 O.S. 22-120 (with 22-121), in the Legislature's complete Title 11 (page 182 of the exhibit)Public health, hospitals, quarantine, and environmental hazards; Nuisances	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Municipal Code, Title 11)	OklahomaState	July 1, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011	Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)	Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)	TexasState	Sept. 1, 1987	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
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. DUT-WV-015	64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)	West VirginiaState	July 12, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-001	Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021)Powers and duties of the director: orders of isolation and quarantine; misdemeanor for violation	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare)	IdahoState	July 1, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-006	C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations	Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)	ColoradoState	Oct. 1, 2018	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-003	RSMo 192.300Counties may make additional health rules -- fees, deposit in county treasury, purpose -- individuals unable to pay not to be denied health…	Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192)	MissouriState	Aug. 28, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-015	Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22Emergency Management and Disaster Law, 2020 edition: the Class B misdemeanor for knowing, intentional or reckless violation, recited in…	Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition)	IndianaState	Apr. 14, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-007	CDCR 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' chronology (as archived Apr. 30, 2020)Department-wide COVID-19 directives: cancellation of visiting and volunteer entries statewide; suspension of large-scale construction inside…	California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Secretary Ralph Diaz) and CCHCS	California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and California Correctional Health Care Services; State levelState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076	NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Inmate visitation suspended (Mar. 16, 2020); Board of Parole COVID-19 update (Mar. 17); Cornhusker State Industries redirected to hand…	Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes)	Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030	Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)Work-release residents permitted to leave facilities only for approved education or programming and 'personal essential business' (hygiene…	Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator)	Washington State Department of Corrections (Reentry Division; work release); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009	TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020TDLR COVID-19 Information Page (updates through Oct. 13, 2020)	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-SC-005	S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergency	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	June 11, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002	Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023Executive Order to implement the necessary closure of governmental and private sector operations in order to combat the effects of…	Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced	Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - GovernorTerritorial	Mar. 15, 2020		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-006	63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of Governor	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)	OklahomaState	Nov. 1, 2009	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-002	Emergency Executive Order No. 99Cancellation of gatherings over 500; 50 percent occupancy and seating cap on all gathering places	Mayor Bill de Blasio	New York CityCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19	NCUA	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-048	Executive Order 2020-08Restaurants and other public establishments with an approved occupancy of fifty or more to limit maximum occupancy to fifty persons	Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms	City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering cap	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)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Municipal Code, Title 11), 11 O.S. 22-120 (with 22-121), in the Legislature's complete Title 11 (page 182 of the exhibit) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-009)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)
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)
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature), 64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-015)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare), Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-001)
Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018), C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-006)
Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192), RSMo 192.300 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MO-003)
Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition), Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22 (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-015)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Secretary Ralph Diaz) and CCHCS, CDCR 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' chronology (as archived Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-007)
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes), NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076)
Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator), Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-005)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003), 63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-006)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Emergency Executive Order No. 99 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-002)
NCUA, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Executive Order 2020-08 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-048)

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