A.B. 168
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 168–ASSEMBLYMEMBER GOULDING
PREFILED JANUARY 31, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to bicycles, electric
bicycles and electric scooters. (BDR 43-598)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public safety; revising provisions governing the
operation of a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric
scooter on a roadway; providing a civil penalty; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law grants certain rights to a person operating a bicycle, an electric 1
bicycle or an electric scooter upon a roadway and subjects any such person to 2
certain duties and responsibilities while operating the bicycle, electric bicycle or 3
electric scooter on a roadway. (NRS 484B.760-484B.785) Section 1 of this bill: (1) 4
requires a person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter to 5
stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal displaying a steady red light; and (2) 6
creates an exception to the requirement to stop in obedience to a stop sign if the 7
person can safely proceed through the intersection without stopping and certain 8
other requirements are met. Section 1 also authorizes a person operating a bicycle, 9
an electric bicycle or an electric scooter to proceed cautiously through an 10
intersection where the signal is a steady red signal or make certain turns if the 11
person stops before entering the intersection and certain other requirements are met. 12
Section 2 of this bill provides that a violation of the provisions of section 1 is a 13
civil infraction. Section 3 of this bill makes a confirming change to indicate the 14
applicability of the requirements prescribed by section 1. 15
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 484B of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person 3
operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter upon 4
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a roadway shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or traffic-control 1
signal displaying a steady red signal. 2
2. A person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an 3
electric scooter approaching an intersection controlled by a stop 4
sign may proceed cautiously through the intersection without 5
stopping if the person: 6
(a) Ascertains that such movement can be made safely; 7
(b) Decreases the speed of the bicycle, electric bicycle or 8
electric scooter and confirms that the intersection is clear before 9
entering the intersection; and 10
(c) Yields the right-of-way to pedestrians and all vehicles 11
whose proximity constitutes an immediate hazard. 12
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person 13
operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter upon 14
a roadway may proceed cautiously through an intersection where 15
the signal is a steady red signal or make a turn through any such 16
intersection if the person: 17
(a) Stops before entering the intersection as required by 18
subsection 1; 19
(b) Ascertains that such movement can be made safely; and 20
(c) Yields the right-of-way to pedestrians and all vehicles 21
whose proximity constitutes an immediate hazard. 22
4. A person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an 23
electric scooter upon a roadway shall not turn left through an 24
intersection where the signal is a steady red signal unless the 25
roadway onto which the person is turning is a one-way roadway. 26
Sec. 2. NRS 484B.760 is hereby amended to read as follows: 27
484B.760 1. It is a civil infraction punishable pursuant to 28
NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, for any person to do any act 29
forbidden or fail to perform any act required in NRS 484B.768 to 30
484B.790, inclusive [.] , and section 1 of this act. 31
2. The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall 32
not authorize or knowingly permit the child or ward to violate any 33
of the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS. 34
3. The provisions applicable to bicycles, electric bicycles and 35
electric scooters apply whenever a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an 36
electric scooter is operated upon any highway or upon any path set 37
aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric 38
scooters subject to those exceptions stated herein. 39
Sec. 3. NRS 484B.763 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40
484B.763 Every person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or 41
an electric scooter upon a roadway has all of the rights and is subject 42
to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as 43
otherwise provided in NRS 484B.767 to 484B.790, inclusive, and 44
section 1 of this act, and except as to those provisions of chapters 45
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484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS which by their nature can have no 1
application. 2
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