LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A Nevada lawmaker and Rancho High School teacher is part of a growing group of lawmakers calling for e-scooter regulations in an upcoming special session.
Assemblymember Reuben D’Silva of Clark County District 28 recently sent a letter to the Governor’s staff.
“I have already sent communication to the Governor’s Office… I’m really hoping that we will have some kind of a policy, some bit of legislation in place that will address the e-scooter issue,” D’Silva said, noting other Southern Nevada legislators are also asking Governor Joe Lombardo to include the item on a special session agenda.
FOX5 told you how Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill and Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft are also calling for e-scooter and e-bike legislation.
D’Silva sees dangerous e-scooter and e-bike riders every single day outside Rancho High School from both students and community members. In late October, a 10-year-old boy died in one of the latest e-scooter-related accidents on Valley roads. The incident was in D’Silva’s district.
“I got a lot of calls from people saying, ‘we’ve got to do something about these e-scooters, have some kind of action done,” D’Silva said.
“I’ve proposed that each county should have its own sort of policy in place. They should address the issue– but they know their locality best,” D’Silva said, telling FOX5 that helmet laws, age restrictions and mandatory education must also be addressed– but lawmakers must work to legally define an “e-scooter,” first.
“There’s this quasi place that e-scooters fit. They’re like toys in some regards, or they’re like skateboards and bicycles, but they’re also motorized vehicles. They can move up to 35, 40, 50, 60 miles an hour. I think we should define what an e-scooter is, and once we have a definition in place, we can look at regulatory policy based upon those definitions,” he said.
“I would be all for having education. The more we have public safety information out there to our young people the better it always is,” he said.
The Governor’s Office didn’t have a comment, Friday night. Lombardo has not announced the date or agenda for a special session, although the Governor’s Office did confirm that lawmakers will address the gap in SNAP benefits for 495,000 Nevadans.
D’Silva is among a number of lawmakers preparing to fly or drive to Northern Nevada next week, all to be in Carson City for a special session to potentially begin on November 13.
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