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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. 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-052	Milwaukee County COVID-19 County Policies and Procedures: Administrative Orders 20-3 (Telework, eff. 3/16/2020), 20-4 (Social Distancing, eff. 3/16/2020), 20-7v8 (response to confirmed cases, 8/19/2021), 20-13v10 (Service Risk and Re-Opening Requirements, eff. 7/1/2021), 20-14v7 (Universal Face Mask Policy, eff. 8/2/2021), 20-17v4 (Health Screening, eff. 7/15/2021), 21-1v3 (Expanded Paid Sick Leave, eff. 5/2/2021), 21-3v2 (Vaccine Mandate, eff. 10/8/2021)Milwaukee County Administrative Orders on COVID-19 (index page as captured Nov. 23, 2021)	Milwaukee County Executive (Administrative Orders of the County Executive and Department of Administrative Services)	Milwaukee County, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 16, 2020		Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-073	Milwaukee County Courts page (as captured Mar. 30, 2020): jury trials and most in-person proceedings suspended to May 22, 2020; new juries cancelled March 16 through May 22, 2020; Clerk's in-person hours limited from March 24, 2020; criminal division office closed to the publicMilwaukee County Circuit Court COVID-19 operations, March 2020	Chief Judge Mary E. Triggiano; Clerk of Circuit Court; implementing the Wisconsin Supreme Court's orders of March 22, 2020	Milwaukee County Circuit Court (First Judicial District), WisconsinCourt	Mar. 23, 2020		Courts 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. MET-MKE-045	Metro Transit COVID-19 Updates (page as captured Mar. 22, 2020)Metro Transit: 15-passenger capacity limit, Saturday schedules seven days a week, rear-door exit	City of Madison Metro Transit	City of Madison, Wisconsin (Metro Transit)City	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-042	March 19: MCTS Update on Coronavirus or COVID-19MCTS service reduction to Saturday schedules; Freeway Flyer suspension; administration building closed	Milwaukee County Transit System	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County Transit System)County	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WI-036	Emergency Order #6 (March 18, 2020)Child care settings limited to 10 staff and 50 children at a time	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitSchools and child care	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. MET-MKE-072	Wisconsin Court System COVID-19 page listing the Supreme Court's administrative orders, including 'In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)' and the March 22, 2020 remote-hearing orderWisconsin Court System: COVID-19 orders index	Wisconsin Supreme Court and Director of State Courts (index page as captured Sept. 15, 2020)	Wisconsin (statewide court system; context for Milwaukee and Dane County courts)Court	Mar. 22, 2020		Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-025	Order, In re the Matter of Jury Trials During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder continuing all civil and criminal jury trials	Wisconsin Supreme Court (administrative and superintending authority, Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3)	WisconsinCourt	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WI-026	Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts	Wisconsin Supreme Court	WisconsinCourt	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	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

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)
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 Executive (Administrative Orders of the County Executive and Department of Administrative Services), Milwaukee County COVID-19 County Policies and Procedures: Administrative Orders 20-3 (Telework, eff. 3/16/2020), 20-4 (Social Distancing, eff. 3/16/2020), 20-7v8 (response to confirmed cases, 8/19/2021), 20-13v10 (Service Risk and Re-Opening Requirements, eff. 7/1/2021), 20-14v7 (Universal Face Mask Policy, eff. 8/2/2021), 20-17v4 (Health Screening, eff. 7/15/2021), 21-1v3 (Expanded Paid Sick Leave, eff. 5/2/2021), 21-3v2 (Vaccine Mandate, eff. 10/8/2021) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-052)
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)
Chief Judge Mary E. Triggiano; Clerk of Circuit Court; implementing the Wisconsin Supreme Court's orders of March 22, 2020, Milwaukee County Courts page (as captured Mar. 30, 2020): jury trials and most in-person proceedings suspended to May 22, 2020; new juries cancelled March 16 through May 22, 2020; Clerk's in-person hours limited from March 24, 2020; criminal division office closed to the public (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-073)
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)
City of Madison Metro Transit, Metro Transit COVID-19 Updates (page as captured Mar. 22, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-045)
Milwaukee County Transit System, March 19: MCTS Update on Coronavirus or COVID-19 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-042)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #6 (March 18, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. WI-036)
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)
Wisconsin Supreme Court and Director of State Courts (index page as captured Sept. 15, 2020), Wisconsin Court System COVID-19 page listing the Supreme Court's administrative orders, including 'In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)' and the March 22, 2020 remote-hearing order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-072)
Wisconsin Supreme Court (administrative and superintending authority, Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3), Order, In re the Matter of Jury Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. WI-025)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. WI-026)
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)

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