HB 1871 — An Act providing for the installation of electrified security systems on commercial entities' property and property in exclusive nonresidential use.

PRINTER'S NO.   2323

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                       HOUSE BILL
                       No. 1871
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, NEILSON, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, MERSKI,
        SANCHEZ AND GREEN, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Providing for the installation of electrified security systems
 2      on commercial and industrial entities' property.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5   Section 1.   Short title.
 6      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial
 7   and Industrial Products and Property Protection Act.
 8   Section 2.   Definitions.
 9      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11   context clearly indicates otherwise:
12      "Commercial entity."     An entity authorized to do business in
13   this Commonwealth by being certified to conduct business by the
14   Department of State.
15      "Electrified security system."    An alarm system with an
16   assembly of battery-charged equipment and all of its integrated
17   components and equipment, including a monitored alarm device
18   intended to notify the entity monitoring the alarm system of
 1   possible intrusion to the property, an energizer which is
 2   intended to periodically deliver pulses to a security system, a
 3   battery charging device used exclusively to charge the system
 4   battery and any other integrated components. The term does not
 5   include a fence system used primarily for the containment of
 6   livestock or other animals.
 7      "Municipality."     A county, city, township, borough,
 8   incorporated town, home rule municipality or other general
 9   purpose unit of government established by an act of the General
10   Assembly.
11   Section 3.     Electrified security system requirements.
12      (a)     Installation.--A commercial entity or industrial entity
13   located in this Commonwealth may install an electrified security
14   system in accordance with this act to protect property, products
15   and any other commercial and industrial-related interests of the
16   commercial entity or industrial entity from any unlawful
17   actions.
18      (b)     Requirements for compliance.--An electrified security
19   system installation shall:
20            (1)   Comply with the specifications in the 3.0 edition of
21      the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-
22      2-76.
23            (2)   Have an energizer that is driven by a commercial
24      storage battery not to exceed 12 volts direct current.
25            (3)   Interface with a monitored alarm device that
26      transmits a signal to the alarm monitoring company in
27      response to an intrusion. The system may not directly connect
28      to or call law enforcement.
29            (4)   Be located four inches to eight inches behind a
30      nonelectrified perimeter barrier not less than five feet in

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 1      height but not to exceed 10 feet in height, or two feet
 2      higher than the nonelectrified perimeter barrier, whichever
 3      is higher.
 4            (5)   Be located on property that is not designated by a
 5      municipality exclusively for residential use.
 6            (6)   Be clearly identified with warning signs containing
 7      the international electrified warning symbol at intervals of
 8      not greater than 30 linear feet.
 9      (c)   Installer requirements.--The installer of an electrified
10   security system shall provide notice to the municipality that
11   the electrified security system has been installed pursuant to
12   subsection (b) and the notice shall contain the alarm company
13   installation name, the business entity name and address where
14   the electrified security system was installed.
15      (d)   Local regulation.--A municipality may:
16            (1)   Require registration of an alarm system for the
17      electrified security system.
18            (2)   Prohibit an electrified security system that does
19      not meet the requirements of this section.
20   Section 4.     Construction.
21      Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to 18 Pa.C.S.
22   § 7511(f) (relating to control of alarm devices and automatic
23   dialing devices).
24   Section 5.     Effective date.
25      This act shall take effect immediately.




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