Scope: State (Maryland)
Branch: Executive
Severity: Green
Date occurred: April 24, 2026
Maryland Governor signed Executive Order 01.01.2026.09, titled "Use of Confidential Information and Prediction Markets," on April 24, 2026. The order addresses state officials' and employees' handling of confidential government information in connection with prediction markets.
Constitutional basis: Governor exercising routine supervisory authority over executive branch employee conduct, extending settled state ethics restrictions on nonpublic information to a new market context.