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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SC-003	Executive Order No. 2020-10Directing Additional Emergency Measures in Response to COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SC-038	Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty daysEmergency ordinances requiring face coverings in retail, grocery, pharmacy and food-service settings; municipal stay-at-home ordinances	city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250)	City of Columbia; City of Charleston; City of Greenville; Richland County; Charleston County; City of Myrtle Beach; Horry County; Town of Lexington; City of North Myrtle Beach (principal local instruments)City	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-010	Executive Order No. 2020-17Closure of Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SC-011	Executive Order No. 2020-18Closure of Additional Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SC-049	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certification	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-051	Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01)Right to wear PPE in county court facilities statewide; interference punishable as contempt	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-063	Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouse	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-027	Executive Order No. 2020-50Initiating Additional Emergency Measures and Consolidating Previous Orders	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Aug. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-057	South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020)Face coverings required on school buses and in public school facilities for the 2020-21 school year	South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman)	South CarolinaSector regulator	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-029	Executive Order No. 2020-63Amending and Consolidating Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-030	Executive Order No. 2020-73Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-052	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01)Winter 2020-21 amended trial-court order: masks, fever screening, 113 square feet per person, jury trials only under approved plans	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-032	Executive Order No. 2021-11Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. SC-053	Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-035	Executive Order No. 2021-23Emergency Measures Regarding Face Coverings, Vaccine Passports, and Other Matters	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	May 11, 2021	2021 Q2	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-054	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever…	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	June 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-045	Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate Prohibition) and 117.190 (GP: Masks at Higher Education Facilities)Budget provisos prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to require masks in K-12 education facilities and to condition unmasked presence…	General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021)	South CarolinaState	June 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-089	Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban)	South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.)	South CarolinaState	June 22, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-055	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01)Extension of the June 15, 2021 trial-court order to August 31, 2021	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-058	Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Emergency order requiring facial coverings in all buildings at public and private schools and daycares within the City	Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council	City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity	Aug. 4, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-059	Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Council ratification of the Mayor's school and daycare facial-covering emergency order	Columbia City Council	City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-040	Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learning	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	South CarolinaCourt	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SC-041	Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021)Proviso 1.108 upheld; Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 declared void insofar as they mandate masks in K-12 public schools	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	South CarolinaCourt	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SC-060	Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19Re-enactment of mask ordinances (including K-12 schools) after Wilson v. City of Columbia	Columbia City Council	City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-061	Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta VariantMasks in every commercial establishment in unincorporated Richland County and in schools and daycares	Richland County Council	Richland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas)County	Sept. 14, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-10 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SC-003)
city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250), Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty days (Ex. SC-038)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-17 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. SC-010)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-18 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-011)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02) (Ex. SC-049)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01) (Ex. SC-051)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01) (Ex. SC-063)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-50 (Aug. 2, 2020) (Ex. SC-027)
South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman), South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-057)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-63 (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. SC-029)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-73 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. SC-030)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01) (Ex. SC-052)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-11 (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. SC-032)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01) (Ex. SC-053)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-23 (May 11, 2021) (Ex. SC-035)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01) (Ex. SC-054)
General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021), Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate Prohibition) and 117.190 (GP: Masks at Higher Education Facilities) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SC-045)
South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.), Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster) (June 22, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-089)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01) (Ex. SC-055)
Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SC-058)
Columbia City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State of Emergency (Facial Coverings) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SC-059)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SC-040)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. SC-041)
Columbia City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19 (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. SC-060)
Richland County Council, Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta Variant (Sept. 14, 2021) (Ex. SC-061)

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