Public Utilities Commission: commissioners: employment.

The post-term employment prohibition for CPUC commissioners was reduced from 5 years to 2 years. A commissioner can now be employed by an entity subject to regulation by the commission just 2 years after their term ends, rather than being barred for 5 years.

Standard enrolled bill formatting was added, including passage dates (Assembly May 21, 2026; Senate August 19, 2026), governor receipt and approval lines, and removal of line numbers from the statutory text.

The entire amendment to Section 591 of the Public Utilities Code was deleted. This section required electrical and gas corporations to annually notify the commission when capital or expense revenue authorized for maintenance, safety, or reliability was redirected to other purposes, and required the commission to share that notification with the Office of the Safety Advocate, the Public Advocate's Office, and relevant parties.

The post-term employment restriction period for Public Utilities Commission commissioners was reduced from 5 years to 2 years. Commissioners can now be employed by a regulated entity just 2 years after their term ends instead of 5.

Fiscal committee review changed from 'no' to 'yes', and state-mandated local program changed from 'no' to 'yes'. This indicates the bill now triggers fiscal analysis and acknowledges it imposes a state-mandated local program (likely due to the new criminal penalty provision).

New Section 303.5 of the Public Utilities Code prohibits a PUC commissioner from being employed by any entity subject to regulation by the commission for 5 years after the end of their term of office. This is a one-way revolving-door restriction (commissioner to regulated entity), distinct from the existing rule that bars utility executives from becoming commissioners within 2 years.

New Section 2 provides that no state reimbursement is required under Article XIII B of the California Constitution, citing that the act creates a new crime or infraction (a standard carve-out).

Minor correction in Section 591: 'an each electrical corporation' changed to 'each electrical corporation.' Line numbering and formatting adjusted throughout.

The bill's scope expanded from a single nonsubstantive amendment to Section 591 (utility notification of redirected maintenance funds) to also include a new commissioner employment restriction under Section 303.5. The state-mandated local program designation changed from 'no' to 'yes' because the new provision creates a criminal violation.