MS SB2697

Renames the chapter the "Mississippi Electronic Protection Licensing Act" and expands its scope beyond residential systems to cover all electronic protective systems including intrusion detection, closed-circuit video, and electronic access control systems.

Requires all entities engaging in alarm contracting to hold a Class A license; eliminates the Class T license and creates a new Class H (Helper) license for apprentices working under direct supervision of licensed technicians.

Increases licensing fees: Class A company license from $350 to $450, individual licenses (Class B, C, D, H) from $50 to $150, and adds a $50 license change fee.

Establishes fingerprint-based criminal history checks through the Department of Public Safety and FBI for all applicants beginning July 1, 2014, with fees deposited into the Electronic Protection Licensing Fund.

Adds civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation (capped at $500,000 per related series within one year) and criminal penalties including fines up to $1,000 and one year imprisonment for unlicensed alarm contracting; requires alarm verification standards and creates appellate review and investigatory powers for the State Fire Marshal.