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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-SC-020	Whitlaw v. Kroger Co., 306 S.C. 51, 410 S.E.2d 251 (S.C. 1991) (heard Jan. 7, 1991; decided Oct. 14, 1991)Whether a private cause of action for damages may be instituted under S.C. Code Ann. §§ 61-9-40 and 61-9-410; the test for negligence per se…	Supreme Court of South Carolina (per curiam; certified question under Supreme Court Rule 46 from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina)	South CarolinaCourt	Oct. 14, 1991	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021	SCDC release of Mar. 12, 2020, 'Visitation suspended statewide'Visitation suspended statewide at 21 prisons; volunteer programs curtailed; screening of visitors	South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling)	South Carolina Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-004	S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-10Illegal acts during state of emergency	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	July 2, 2002	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-006	S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 1-3-460 (Title 1, Chapter 3, Article 7)Proclamation of emergency by Governor; orders to prevent danger; further powers of Governor; powers supplemental	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	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
Ex. ECO-B-065	Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, and Other Provisions Due to COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SC-002	Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to Coronavirus	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
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-046	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedings	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-004	Executive Order No. 2020-11Additional Emergency Measures and Regulatory Relief re COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-005	Executive Order No. 2020-12Regulatory Flexibility to Facilitate Social Distancing	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Alcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-006	Executive Order No. 2020-13Authorizing Law Enforcement to Maintain Order, Ensure Public Safety, and Preserve Public Health During the State of Emergency	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-082	Executive Order 2020-13Additional Emergency Measures (dispersal of gatherings of three or more)	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-SC-017	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (letter to SLED Chief Keel), March 24, 2020, re Section 16-7-10Guidance to law enforcement regarding the interpretation, application, and enforcement of Section 16-7-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws	Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (letter to Chief Mark A. Keel, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division)	South CarolinaState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026	SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020)SCDMV Update #1, March 26, 2020: credentials and registrations expiring March 1 to June 30, 2020 treated as valid until July 1, 2020	Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	South Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)State	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	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. DUT-SC-018	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citationsDo the Governor's extraordinary powers in a state of emergency preempt similar orders of counties and municipalities during the same state…	Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123)	South CarolinaState	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-009	Executive Order No. 2020-16Emergency Access Restrictions for Public Beaches and Waters	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. SC-047	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten persons	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-013	Executive Order No. 2020-21Stay at Home or Work Order Due to COVID-19 ('Home or Work Order')	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024	SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020)SCDMV COVID-19 Related Information: appointments required at branch offices; road tests suspended; extensions of document expirations	South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	South Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-019	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Apr. 13, 2020) (to Rep. Josiah Magnuson), on the Governor's authority under § 25-1-440 and the fifteen-day limitationWhether the Governor may issue successive fifteen-day emergency declarations without the consent of the General Assembly; the scope of the…	Attorney General Alan Wilson (opinion to the Hon. Josiah Magnuson, S.C. House of Representatives)	South CarolinaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-048	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations order	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-050	Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergency	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	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

Supreme Court of South Carolina (per curiam; certified question under Supreme Court Rule 46 from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina), Whitlaw v. Kroger Co., 306 S.C. 51, 410 S.E.2d 251 (S.C. 1991) (heard Jan. 7, 1991; decided Oct. 14, 1991) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-020)
South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), SCDC release of Mar. 12, 2020, 'Visitation suspended statewide' (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-10 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-004)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 1-3-460 (Title 1, Chapter 3, Article 7) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-006)
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)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-065)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SC-002)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-10 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SC-003)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01) (Ex. SC-046)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-11 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SC-004)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-12 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SC-005)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SC-006)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order 2020-13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-082)
Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (letter to Chief Mark A. Keel, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (letter to SLED Chief Keel), March 24, 2020, re Section 16-7-10 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. DUT-SC-017)
Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026)
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)
Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citations (Ex. DUT-SC-018)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-16 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SC-009)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01) (Ex. SC-047)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-21 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SC-013)
South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024)
Attorney General Alan Wilson (opinion to the Hon. Josiah Magnuson, S.C. House of Representatives), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Apr. 13, 2020) (to Rep. Josiah Magnuson), on the Governor's authority under § 25-1-440 and the fifteen-day limitation (Ex. DUT-SC-019)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01) (Ex. SC-048)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SC-050)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02) (Ex. SC-049)

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