LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff joins a growing chorus of local leaders calling for new e-bike and e-scooter laws ahead of the Nevada Legislature’s Special Session.
Six people on e-bikes and e-scooters have died in 2025 in Metro’s jurisdiction, according to the latest LVMPD traffic report. A 10-year-old boy is the latest child killed in a local e-scooter accident.
“We have babies dying on our roads because we have kids riding on bikes that go 30 and 40 miles an hour,” Kevin McMahill said. “I don’t make laws, but I can tell that when we have effective laws that are passed and people are following them and they’re properly being enforced, they can make a difference in saving lives.”
Governor Joe Lombardo plans to call for a Special Session this fall. The agenda is expected to include the Governor’s crime bill, which addresses penalties for DUI drivers. Las Vegas Valley leaders are also pushing for new street safety and school zone laws in light of a string of fatal accidents involving students and minors.
Sheriff McMahill tells FOX5 he would support mandating a license to use these devices.
“I‘m a fan that you actually have to have a driver’s license to be able to get one of these bikes because they go that fast,” he said. “You get a kid that has that much power, that much speed, and then you put them out into a traffic environment, bad things are going to happen.”
Commissioner Michael Naft tells FOX5, officials are looking to other states for guidance. A similar law in Utah regulates ATVs; minors must have an education license to use those vehicles.
“A law must be passed to require e-scooter and e-bike riders to wear helmets or register their devices,” Naft said. “Those are things that have to be passed at the state level, and I’m begging [lawmakers] to do that.”
Many other states are rapidly working to pass laws to regulate evolving technology.
In Pennsylvania, legislators recently introduced “Abby’s Law” to mandate helmets for minors and prohibit children under 16 from operating an e-scooter. This summer, 12-year-old Abby Gillon and her friend were riding a single e-scooter when they were thrown into oncoming traffic. Abby died from her injuries.
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