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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. WI-039	Wis. Stat. ch. 252, Communicable Diseases (252.02 powers and duties of department; 252.03 duties of local health officers; 252.06 isolation and quarantine; 252.25 violation of law relating to health)Codified statutory authority for DHS orders, local health-officer orders and quarantine	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute)	WisconsinState	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. WI-040	Wis. Stat. ch. 323, Emergency Management (323.10 declaration by governor; 323.12 powers and duties of the governor; 323.28 penalties)Codified authority for the Governor's emergency declarations and the DHS face-covering orders (323.12(4)(b)); 60-day limit; legislative…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute)	WisconsinState	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
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. MET-MKE-001	Order of the Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 250 or More PeopleCountywide moratorium on mass gatherings of 250 or more people to mitigate the spread of COVID-19	Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County)	Dane County and City of Madison, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. WI-042	OCI Bulletin, March 15, 2020Regulatory Flexibility Regarding COVID-19	Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance	WisconsinSector regulator	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-002	Order Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 50 or More PeopleCountywide moratorium on mass gatherings of 50 or more people to mitigate the spread of COVID-19	Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County)	Dane County and City of Madison, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-053	Milwaukee County COVID-19 page (as captured Mar. 16, 2020): Chief Judge's emergency order effective March 16, 2020; senior centers and dining sites closed or carry-out only from March 16-17, 2020; parks venues and the Zoo closedMilwaukee County COVID-19 closures and service changes, March 2020	Milwaukee County (COVID-19 page); District One Chief Judge Mary E. Triggiano (court order described)	Milwaukee County, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 13, 2020		Business closureGathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-028	COVID-19 Order Restricting Food and Beverage Sales, Version 1COVID-19 Order Restricting Food and Beverage Sales in the Cities and Villages of Milwaukee, Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, River…	Public Health Officers of the Health Departments of Milwaukee City, North Shore, Cudahy, South Milwaukee and St. Francis, in coordination with their Mayors and Village Presidents and the Milwaukee County Executive	Cities and Villages of Milwaukee, Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, River Hills, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Cudahy, South Milwaukee and St. Francis (Milwaukee County), WisconsinCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-029	Press release: Eleven Milwaukee County Municipalities Restrict Food and Beverage Sales in Latest Effort to Protect Public HealthEleven Milwaukee County Municipalities Restrict Food and Beverage Sales; Emergency Order goes into effect Tuesday, March 17	Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele (press office) on behalf of eleven municipal leaders	Milwaukee County, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. WI-035	Emergency Order #5 (March 17, 2020) (superseding Emergency Order #4 of March 16, 2020, gatherings of 50 or more)Prohibiting mass gatherings of 10 or more people; closing bars and restaurants except for takeout and delivery	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007	WisDOT news release: DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20; reopening Monday, March 23 by appointment only; 60-day automatic extensionsDMV service centers closed Friday, March 20 (release of March 19, 2020)	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles ('Governor Evers has directed Wisconsin Department of Transportation')	Wisconsin (Governor's direction; Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-13-080	OCI Bulletin of March 20, 2020, Complying with Regulatory Requirements during the Public Health EmergencyComplying with Regulatory Requirements during the Public Health Emergency (policyholder flexibility; deemed-approval filings disapproved…	Commissioner of Insurance Mark V. Afable (Office of the Commissioner of Insurance)	WisconsinSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. WI-041	OCI Bulletin, March 20, 2020Complying with Regulatory Requirements during the Public Health Emergency	Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (Commissioner Mark Afable)	WisconsinSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-056	OCI Bulletin of March 23, 2020 (updated June 18, 2020)Coverage for Delivery Drivers for Restaurants during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance	Wisconsin; Office of the Commissioner of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-050	News release: City of Madison Actions on Coronavirus: Updated March 24 (2020)City of Madison Actions on Coronavirus, Updated March 24	City of Madison (Mayor's Office)	City of Madison, WisconsinCity	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-003	Safer at Home Order of Public Health Madison & Dane County (adopting and incorporating DHS Emergency Order #12)Safer at Home Order	Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County)	Dane County and City of Madison, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-030	Order of the City of Milwaukee Commissioner of Health Imposing a City-Wide 'Stay-At-Home' Requirement to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 (signed March 23, 2020)City-wide Stay-At-Home Order	Jeanette Kowalik, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department	City of Milwaukee, WisconsinCity	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-067	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services (at the Governor's direction)	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-062	Emergency Order #12Safer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-18-034	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. WI-002	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17Safer at Home Order: operating conditions on Essential Businesses and Operations (technology to avoid meeting in person; Social Distancing…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057	OCI Bulletin of March 26, 2020Small Employer Coverage	Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance	Wisconsin; Office of the Commissioner of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-016	DHS web guidance, 'COVID-19: Businesses and Employers' (page as captured March 26, 2020)Guidance for Employers: what employers can do now to prepare for COVID-19 impacts to the workplace (sick leave, staying home when sick, hand…	Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health	WisconsinState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. WI-033	Emergency Order #15Temporary Ban on Evictions and Foreclosures	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. WI-037	Emergency Order #16 (March 27, 2020)Health care providers licensed in other states permitted to practice in Wisconsin during the emergency	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Confirmed from a secondary source

Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute), Wis. Stat. ch. 252, Communicable Diseases (252.02 powers and duties of department; 252.03 duties of local health officers; 252.06 isolation and quarantine; 252.25 violation of law relating to health) (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. WI-039)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute), Wis. Stat. ch. 323, Emergency Management (323.10 declaration by governor; 323.12 powers and duties of the governor; 323.28 penalties) (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. WI-040)
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)
Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County), Order of the Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 250 or More People (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-001)
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, OCI Bulletin, March 15, 2020 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. WI-042)
Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County), Order Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 50 or More People (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-002)
Milwaukee County (COVID-19 page); District One Chief Judge Mary E. Triggiano (court order described), Milwaukee County COVID-19 page (as captured Mar. 16, 2020): Chief Judge's emergency order effective March 16, 2020; senior centers and dining sites closed or carry-out only from March 16-17, 2020; parks venues and the Zoo closed (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-053)
Public Health Officers of the Health Departments of Milwaukee City, North Shore, Cudahy, South Milwaukee and St. Francis, in coordination with their Mayors and Village Presidents and the Milwaukee County Executive, COVID-19 Order Restricting Food and Beverage Sales, Version 1 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-028)
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele (press office) on behalf of eleven municipal leaders, Press release: Eleven Milwaukee County Municipalities Restrict Food and Beverage Sales in Latest Effort to Protect Public Health (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-029)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #5 (March 17, 2020) (superseding Emergency Order #4 of March 16, 2020, gatherings of 50 or more) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. WI-035)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles ('Governor Evers has directed Wisconsin Department of Transportation'), WisDOT news release: DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20; reopening Monday, March 23 by appointment only; 60-day automatic extensions (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007)
Commissioner of Insurance Mark V. Afable (Office of the Commissioner of Insurance), OCI Bulletin of March 20, 2020, Complying with Regulatory Requirements during the Public Health Emergency (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-080)
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (Commissioner Mark Afable), OCI Bulletin, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. WI-041)
Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance, OCI Bulletin of March 23, 2020 (updated June 18, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-056)
City of Madison (Mayor's Office), News release: City of Madison Actions on Coronavirus: Updated March 24 (2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-050)
Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County), Safer at Home Order of Public Health Madison & Dane County (adopting and incorporating DHS Emergency Order #12) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-003)
Jeanette Kowalik, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department, Order of the City of Milwaukee Commissioner of Health Imposing a City-Wide 'Stay-At-Home' Requirement to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 (signed March 23, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-030)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services (at the Governor's direction), Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-067)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #12 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-062)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers, Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-034)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers, Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. WI-002)
Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance, OCI Bulletin of March 26, 2020 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, DHS web guidance, 'COVID-19: Businesses and Employers' (page as captured March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-016)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #15 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. WI-033)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #16 (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. WI-037)

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