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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-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-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. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-021	NJMVC 'Extensions and CDLs' FAQ (updated October 1, 2020)NJMVC Extensions and CDLs FAQ (updated Thursday, October 1, 2020)	New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission	New Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission)State	Oct. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-013	Addendum 8 to Executive Order 01-20Non-Congregate Sheltering in Vermont; Extension of Certain Deadlines Relating to Closures of DMV and Bars and Restaurants	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-27-008	Update from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on Coronavirus (Mar. 10, 2020)Board direction that the three Regent institutions move as quickly as possible toward virtual delivery of instruction, with…	Board of Regents President Michael Richards	Iowa (Board of Regents, State of Iowa; University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa)State	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
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. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026	DPS&C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension)All visiting suspended at State prisons effective immediately, attorney visits included and reviewed case by case; off-site non-emergent…	Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc)	Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Corrections Services); State levelState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. CA-003	Executive Order N-25-20Executive Order N-25-20 (residents to heed public-health directives; remote public meetings; unemployment and tax relief)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. CT-002	Executive Order No. 7Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response	Governor Ned Lamont	ConnecticutState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MA-002	COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MD-098	Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, RegistrationsExtending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations, and Other Governmental Authorizations, and Authorizing Suspension of Legal Time…	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071	GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020Statewide visitation suspension (from Mar. 13, 2020) continued through Aug. 12, 2020	Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)	Georgia Department of Corrections; State levelState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-087	Alaska DOC COVID-19 page, 'Access to Institutions' (as archived Mar. 29, 2020)All visiting at institutions statewide suspended effective Mar. 13, 2020, including outside volunteers, attorneys and tours; all…	Alaska Department of Corrections (Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom)	Alaska Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	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. IL-002	Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2)Cancellation of gatherings of 1,000 or more; closure of the James R. Thompson Center; State employee sick leave	Governor JB Pritzker	IllinoisState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. LA-002	Proclamation 27 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	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. VT-001	Executive Order No. 01-20Declaration of State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 and National Guard Call-Out	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064	DOCCS, 'Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19' (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Visitation at all 52 correctional facilities suspended statewide (from Mar. 14, 2020) until Apr. 29, 2020; all in-person reports of…	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci)	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AK-003	COVID-19 Health Mandate 001Health Mandate 001 (visitation at State institutions; non-student-contact days at public schools)	Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer)	AlaskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careCourts and public offices	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. SD-002	Executive Order 2020-05Non-essential State personnel to work remotely; work-related out-of-state travel prohibited	Governor Kristi Noem	South DakotaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-022	SCDC COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two), Mar. 16, 2020Visitation suspended 30 days; all inmate facility transfers suspended 30 days; all work release and labor crews suspended 14 days; official…	South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), after coordination with DHEC and the Governor's Office	South Carolina Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOther	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)
Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)
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)
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, NJMVC 'Extensions and CDLs' FAQ (updated October 1, 2020) (Oct. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-021)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Addendum 8 to Executive Order 01-20 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. VT-013)
Board of Regents President Michael Richards, Update from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on Coronavirus (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-008)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-001)
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc), DPS&C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-25-20 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. CA-003)
Governor Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. CT-002)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations (Ex. MD-098)
Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071)
Alaska Department of Corrections (Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom), Alaska DOC COVID-19 page, 'Access to Institutions' (as archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-087)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-100; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-008)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. IL-002)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. LA-002)
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)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Executive Order No. 01-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-001)
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci), DOCCS, 'Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19' (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer), COVID-19 Health Mandate 001 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-003)
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)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-05 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SD-002)
South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), after coordination with DHEC and the Governor's Office, SCDC COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two), Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-022)

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