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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 09, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
Senate File 2340, an Act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the
installation or use of battery-charged security alarm systems on nonresidential properties.
The above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincefcly,
Cim R^evnoldsKim Reynolds
Govemor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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Senate File 2340
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES AND CITIES TO REGULATE
THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF BATTERY-CHARGED SECURITY ALARM
SYSTEMS ON NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA;
Section 1. Section 331.301, Code 2026, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 30. a. For purposes of this subsection,
^battery-charged security alarm system'* means an outdoor alarm
system that does all of the following:
(1) Interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that
enables the outdoor alarm system to cause the connected alarm
system to transmit a signal intended to alert the business and
a monitoring station operator in response to a burglary or
attempted burglary.
(2) Is energized by a commercial storage battery not
exceeding twelve volts direct current and designed to
periodically deliver voltage impulses to the outdoor alarm
system.
(3) Includes a battery-charging device used exclusively to
charge the battery.
b, A county shall not consider a battery-charged security
alarm system to be a fence or to be subject to regulation by
Senate File 2340, p. 2
fence codes, and shall not require a fence permit for the
installation or use of a battery-charged security alarm system
on property that is not used exclusively for residential
purposes.
c. A county shall not adopt, enforce, or apply any
ordinance, building code, zoning regulation, or other
requirement that prohibits or otherwise regulates the
installation or use of a battery-charged security alarm system
on nonresidential property, provided that the battery-charged
security alarm system complies with all of the following
requirements:
(1) The energizer is certified to meet the current
international electrotechnical commission standard 60335-2-76,
or a successor standard.
(2) The battery-charged security alarm system is located
behind a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less
than five feet in height.
(3) The battery-charged security alarm system is the
greater of ten feet in height or two feet higher than the
nonelectric perimeter fence or wall.
(4) Warning signs, in capitalized type, reading ^^WARNING —
ELECTRIC fence" or similar language, are posted at intervals
not greater than thirty feet along the fence.
d. This subsection does not apply to property used
exclusively for residential occupancy.
e. Notwithstanding paragraph a county may only require
an alarm system operator license or permit for battery-charged
security alarm systems in the same manner as is required for
any other security alarm systems.
£, Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to security alarm systems that do not meet the definition of
^battery-charged security alarm system".
Sec. 2. Section 364.3, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION, 24. a. For purposes of this subsection,
"^battery-charged security alarm system" means an outdoor alarm
system that does all of the following:
(1) Interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that
Senate File 2340, p. 3
causes the connected outdoor alarm system to transmit a
signal intended to alert the business and a monitoring station
operator in response to a burglary or attempted burglary.
(2) Is energized by a commercial storage battery not
exceeding twelve volts direct current and designed to
periodically deliver voltage impulses to the outdoor alarm
system.
(3) Includes a battery-charging device used exclusively to
charge the battery.
b. A city shall not consider a battery-charged security
alarm system to be a fence or to be subject to regulation by
fence codes, and shall not require a fence permit for the
installation or use of a battery-charged security alarm system
on property that is not used exclusively for residential
purposes.
c. A city shall not adopt, enforce, or apply any ordinance,
building code, zoning regulation, or other requirement that
prohibits or otherwise regulates the installation or use of
a battery-charged security alarm system on nonresidential
property, provided that the system complies with all of the
following requirements:
(1) The energizer is certified to meet the current
international electrotechnical commission standard 60335-2-76,
or a successor standard.
(2) The battery-charged security alarm system is located
behind a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less
than five feet in height.
(3) The battery-charged security alarm system is the
greater of ten feet in height or two feet higher than the
nonelectric perimeter fence or wall.
(4) Warning signs, in capitalized type, reading ^^WARNING —
ELECTRIC FENCE" or substantially similar language are posted at
intervals not greater than thirty feet along the fence.
d. This subsection does not apply to property used
exclusively for residential purposes.
e. Notwithstanding paragraph a city may only require
an alarm system operator license or permit for battery-charged
security alarm systems in the same manner as is required for
any other security alarm systems.
Senate File 2340, p. 4
f. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply
to security alarm systems that do not meet the definition of
^batten-charged security alarm system^.
AMY SINC^IR
President of the Senate
PAT GRASSLJ
Speaker oy the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2340, Ninety-first General Assembly,
Approved 2026
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretalry gfc fche Senate
KIM R
Governor