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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015	WI DOC COVID-19 Announcements page (as archived Apr. 4, 2020)Visits at all DOC institutions suspended Mar. 13, 2020; transfers from State-contracted county jail beds suspended Mar. 19, 2020; all…	Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Secretary Kevin A. Carr)	Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Division of Adult Institutions); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017	VADOC 'COVID-19 Updates' page (as archived Mar. 23, 2020; last updated Mar. 20, 2020)Visitation and volunteer activities cancelled until further notice; daily employee self-assessment; screening of offenders on release…	Virginia Department of Corrections	Virginia Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029	Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020)Close contacts of a positive employee directed to self-quarantine 14 days; two housing units at the Monroe Correctional Complex placed in…	Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair)	Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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-082	IDOC 'Comprehensive Response to COVID-19' page (as archived Sept. 21, 2020), linking Executive Directive 20-20 (Pandemic Response) and the IDOC and Wexford COVID-19 ProtocolExecutive Directive 20-20 authorizing the Department's Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan, 'effective immediately and... applicable to…	Indiana Department of Correction (Commissioner Robert E. Carter, Jr.)	Indiana Department of Correction; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. AL-001	Proclamation by the Governor: State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation declaring a state public health emergency; alternative standards of care	Governor Kay Ivey	AlabamaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-002	S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540)Emergency Health Powers Act: control of property and dangerous facilities; control and treatment of infectious disease; isolation and…	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	July 2, 2002	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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. NM-002	Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order limiting visitors at nursing facilities and congregate care settings due to COVID-19	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction)	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-062	Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)	Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-001	Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-063	Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational WaiversTemporary Operational Waivers for Home Health Agencies and Hospices during the COVID-19 emergency	New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing	New JerseyState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-068	All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021)Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Visitation	California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program	CaliforniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	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. WA-006	Proclamation 20-10Amending Proclamations 20-05 through 20-09: long-term care workers and facilities (expansion of 20-06 to adult family homes; statutory…	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-014	VADOC release, 'Virginia DOC Mobilized Against COVID-19, Asks Visitors to Self-Monitor'Screening of offenders received from local jails; PPE and pharmaceutical inventory	Virginia Department of Corrections (Director Harold W. Clarke)	Virginia Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018	NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide'Visits suspended for 30 days effective 5 p.m. Mar. 14, 2020 at State prisons and halfway houses; temperature scans of all individuals…	New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks)	New Jersey Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	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. MI-003	Executive Order 2020-7Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-087	Executive Order 2020-07Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read

Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Secretary Kevin A. Carr), WI DOC COVID-19 Announcements page (as archived Apr. 4, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015)
Virginia Department of Corrections, VADOC 'COVID-19 Updates' page (as archived Mar. 23, 2020; last updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017)
Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair), Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029)
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)
Indiana Department of Correction (Commissioner Robert E. Carter, Jr.), IDOC 'Comprehensive Response to COVID-19' page (as archived Sept. 21, 2020), linking Executive Directive 20-20 (Pandemic Response) and the IDOC and Wexford COVID-19 Protocol (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-082)
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)
Governor Kay Ivey, Proclamation by the Governor: State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AL-001)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-002)
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)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction), Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NM-002)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)
New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing, Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational Waivers (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-063)
California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program, All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-068)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Executive Order No. 01-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-001)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-10 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WA-006)
Virginia Department of Corrections (Director Harold W. Clarke), VADOC release, 'Virginia DOC Mobilized Against COVID-19, Asks Visitors to Self-Monitor' (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-014)
New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks), NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide' (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018)
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)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-7 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MI-003)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-087)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)

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