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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MI-010	MCL 30.405, Powers of governor upon declaration of state of disaster or emergency; willful disobedience a misdemeanorEmergency Management Act sec. 5: control of ingress, egress and 'the occupancy of premises'; misdemeanor for willful disobedience of a…	Michigan Legislature (Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390)	MichiganState	Dec. 30, 1976	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding 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-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-AR-007	Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases, effective January 1, 2019 (as reproduced, with the…	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Jan. 1, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding 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. 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. DUT-NE-008	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved)Emergency Management Act; Governor; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. NH-001	Executive Order 2020-04An order declaring a state of emergency due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Christopher T. Sununu	New HampshireState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. RI-002	Executive Order 20-03Supplemental Emergency Declaration (quarantine of international arrivals)	Governor Gina M. Raimondo	Rhode IslandState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	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-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. NM-077	K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22)School closure orders and PED reentry instruments	Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-002	Executive Order N-33-20Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order incorporating the State Public Health Officer's order of March 19, 2020) (attested…	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-007	Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)	Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-089	Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020)To whom it may concern: San Francisco Bar Pilot essential government service letter	Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun	Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (State of California)State	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. NC-039	Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to…	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-010	Second Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 21, 2020) as described in the HDOT release of Mar. 21, 2020Mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for all individuals arriving or returning to the State of Hawaii	Governor David Y. Ige (release by the Hawaii Department of Transportation)	HawaiiState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-003	Second Supplementary Proclamation and Rules Relating to COVID-19Second Supplementary Proclamation implementing a mandatory self-quarantine for all persons entering the State	Governor David Y. Ige	HawaiiState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ND-012	Executive Order 2020-14Suspension of N.D.C.C. ch. 23-07.6 confinement procedure, authorizing the State Health Officer to issue disease-control orders (isolation…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-06-021	Second Supplementary Proclamation (with Rules Relating to COVID-19)Second Supplementary Proclamation: mandatory self-quarantine of all persons entering the State	Governor David Y. Ige	HawaiiState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-019	WSDOT news release, Mar. 20, 2020: resumption of Anacortes-Sidney, B.C. international ferry service pushed back from Mar. 29 to at least Apr. 26, 2020 'as a result of the recent closure of the Canadian border'Start of state ferry service to Canada suspended until April 26 due to COVID-19 situation	Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF)	Washington (Anacortes - Friday Harbor - Sidney, British Columbia route)State	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-010	W. Va. Code § 61-5-17Obstructing officer; fleeing from officer; making false statements to officer; interfering with emergency communications; penalties…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-014	Addendum 7 to Executive Order 01-20Quarantine restrictions on travelers arriving in Vermont; suspension of lodging operations	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-06-011	Addendum 7 to Executive Order 01-20Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in Vermont (with lodging restrictions)	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read

Michigan Legislature (Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390), MCL 30.405, Powers of governor upon declaration of state of disaster or emergency; willful disobedience a misdemeanor (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-010)
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)
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)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-007)
Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192), RSMo 192.300 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MO-003)
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 Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-008)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. RI-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)
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)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart, K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22) (Ex. NM-077)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-002)
Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell, Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-007)
Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-089)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
Governor David Y. Ige (release by the Hawaii Department of Transportation), Second Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 21, 2020) as described in the HDOT release of Mar. 21, 2020 (Ex. ECO-C-010)
Governor David Y. Ige, Second Supplementary Proclamation and Rules Relating to COVID-19 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. HI-003)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. ND-012)
Governor David Y. Ige, Second Supplementary Proclamation (with Rules Relating to COVID-19) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-021)
Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF), WSDOT news release, Mar. 20, 2020: resumption of Anacortes-Sidney, B.C. international ferry service pushed back from Mar. 29 to at least Apr. 26, 2020 'as a result of the recent closure of the Canadian border' (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-019)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 61-5-17 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-010)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Addendum 7 to Executive Order 01-20 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-014)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Addendum 7 to Executive Order 01-20 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-011)

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