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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-003	DBPR Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites (updated Mar. 20, 2020)DBPR - Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites	Florida DBPR	Florida; Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Construction Industry Licensing Board; Florida Building Commission)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	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-024	Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020)Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction	DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan	Virginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards, including the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	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. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070	Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)	NCARB	All States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-022	Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Validity of Expired Licenses, Certifications, Registrations and Other Authorizations (effective Mar. 18, 2020; amended Mar. 24, 2021)Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Validity of Expired Licenses, Certifications, Registrations and Other Authorizations	DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan	Virginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards under the Department)Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-023	Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Examination Eligibility Deadlines (effective Mar. 19, 2020; amended May 27, 2020)Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Examination Eligibility Deadlines	DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan	Virginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards)Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Barber Shops	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (barber program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Nail Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program, nail salons)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040	Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates…	Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Driving Schools	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, applied by TDLR (driver education and safety program)State	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060	Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana	Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)	Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)Court	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066	Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047)Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (26 TAC § 745.10003)	Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020)	Texas; Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care RegulationSector regulator	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071	Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam)In the Matter of the September 2020 Bar Exam - Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19	Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately)	Hawaii; Supreme Court of Hawaii (bar admission)Court	July 22, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-017	Industry Bulletin 20-24: Contractors State License Board Closing Test Centers and Public Counters Statewide in Response to COVID-19 Health EmergencyCSLB #20-24 (Dec. 4, 2020)	Contractors State License Board	California; Contractors State License BoardSector regulator	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063	February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcementsFebruary 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory for the February 2021 bar examinationCourt	Jan. 12, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062	July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourt	May 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020	Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing ExaminationsOrder Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations, No. 25700-B-661	Supreme Court of Washington	Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (legal licensing examinations)Court	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075	Order No. 25700-B-660, Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington (recites the May 15, 2020 order reducing the passing score to 266 for July and September 2020 and the June 12, 2020 order granting diploma privilege; authorizes acceptance of October 2020 remote scores)Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington, No. 25700-B-660	Supreme Court of Washington	Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (bar admission)Court	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-044	DCA Waiver DCA-21-136, Order Waiving Requalification Requirements for Private Investigators, Private Patrol Operators, Security Guards, and Alarm Company Agents (firearm permits expiring July 1, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021)Order Waiving Requalification Requirements for Private Investigators, Private Patrol Operators, Security Guards, and Alarm Company Agents	California DCA, Director Kimberly Kirchmeyer	California; Department of Consumer Affairs (BSIS)Sector regulator	Mar. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-049	DCA Waiver DCA-21-135, Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 3 licenses expiring Mar. 31, 2020-May 31, 2021; supersedes the Oct. 22, Dec. 15, 2020 and Feb. 26, 2021 orders)Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 3), Mar. 30, 2021	California DCA, Director Kimberly Kirchmeyer	California; Department of Consumer Affairs (Division 3 boards)Sector regulator	Mar. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read

Florida DBPR, DBPR Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites (updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-003)
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)
DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan, Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024)
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)
NCARB, Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070)
DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan, Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Validity of Expired Licenses, Certifications, Registrations and Other Authorizations (effective Mar. 18, 2020; amended Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-022)
DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan, Temporary Waiver of Regulations to Extend Examination Eligibility Deadlines (effective Mar. 19, 2020; amended May 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-023)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012)
Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073)
Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices), Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060)
Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020), Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047) (June 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066)
Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately), Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam) (July 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071)
Contractors State License Board, Industry Bulletin 20-24: Contractors State License Board Closing Test Centers and Public Counters Statewide in Response to COVID-19 Health Emergency (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-017)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person plan (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062)
Supreme Court of Washington, Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020)
Supreme Court of Washington, Order No. 25700-B-660, Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington (recites the May 15, 2020 order reducing the passing score to 266 for July and September 2020 and the June 12, 2020 order granting diploma privilege; authorizes acceptance of October 2020 remote scores) (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075)
California DCA, Director Kimberly Kirchmeyer, DCA Waiver DCA-21-136, Order Waiving Requalification Requirements for Private Investigators, Private Patrol Operators, Security Guards, and Alarm Company Agents (firearm permits expiring July 1, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021) (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-044)
California DCA, Director Kimberly Kirchmeyer, DCA Waiver DCA-21-135, Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 3 licenses expiring Mar. 31, 2020-May 31, 2021; supersedes the Oct. 22, Dec. 15, 2020 and Feb. 26, 2021 orders) (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-049)

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