Pennsylvania SB 1269: An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L. 2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in emergency provisions related to COVID-19, further providing for relief from charges.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1582
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1269
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY PICOZZI, FLYNN, VOGEL AND STEFANO, APRIL 14, 2026
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 14, 2026
AN ACT
Providing for the installation of electrified security systems
on commercial entities' property and property of exclusively
nonresidential use.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial
and Nonresidential Products and Property Protection Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Electrified security system." An outdoor alarm system that
is an assembly of battery-charged equipment and all of its
integrated components and equipment, including a monitored alarm
device intended to notify the entity monitoring the alarm system
of possible intrusion to the property, an energizer which is
intended to periodically deliver pulses to a security system, a
battery-charging device used exclusively to charge the system
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battery and any other integrated components. The term does not
include a fence system used primarily for the containment of
livestock or other animals.
"Municipality." A county, city, township, borough,
incorporated town, home rule municipality or other general
purpose unit of government established by an act of the General
Assembly.
Section 3. Electrified security system requirements.
(a) Installation.--An entity authorized to conduct business
in this Commonwealth under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to corporations
and unincorporated associations) and sole proprietorships may
install an electrified security system in accordance with this
act.
(b) Requirements for compliance.--An electrified security
system installation shall:
(1) Have an energizer that is driven by a commercial
storage battery not to exceed 12 volts direct current.
(2) Interface with a monitored alarm device that
transmits a signal to the installer or a person that is
monitoring or otherwise instructed to notify a public safety
agency of the alarm. The system may not directly connect to
or call law enforcement.
(3) Be located four inches to eight inches behind a
nonelectrified perimeter barrier and have a total height of
either two feet higher than the nonelectrified perimeter
barrier or 10 feet, whichever is greater.
(4) Be located on property that is not designated by a
municipality exclusively for residential use.
(5) Be clearly identified with warning signs containing
the international warning symbol for electric shock at
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intervals of not greater than 30 linear feet.
(c) Installer requirements.--The installer of an electrified
security system shall provide notice to the municipality that
the electrified security system has been installed pursuant to
subsection (b). The notice shall contain the alarm company
installation name, the business entity name and address where
the electrified security system was installed.
(d) Local regulation.--A municipality may:
(1) Require registration of an alarm system for the
electrified security system.
(2) Prohibit an electrified security system that does
not meet the requirements of this section.
Section 4. Construction.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to security
alarm systems that do not attach to a security system capable of
delivering an electric pulse.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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