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About the Bill 

On 25 March 2026 the Hon Brent Mickelberg MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads, introduced the Transport and Other Legislation (Managing E-mobility Use and Protecting Our Communities) Amendment Bill 2026 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee for detailed consideration.   

View: Explanatory speech
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes 
View: Statement of compatibility 

The explanatory notes state that the objective of the Bill is to provide for reforms that respond to community concerns arising from the use of e-mobility devices in Queensland and implement the transport-related reform recommendations of the committee.

In summary, the Bill includes amendments to:

Ensure only appropriately qualified riders use e-mobility devices by:

• introducing a minimum rider age limit of 16 years
• requiring riders to hold a valid driver licence of any type or class, effectively setting a learner licence as the minimum.

Enhance enforcement powers and offence regimes to deter unsafe and illegal behaviour by:

• introducing fit-for-purpose police powers to seize and dispose of ‘prohibited bikes’
• enhancing the drink riding framework for riders of e-mobility devices and bicycles
• introducing a new, targeted offence framework with significant penalties for riders of prohibited bikes
• extending the offences for evading police, and engaging in hooning-related behaviours to e-mobility devices (such as posting images and videos about hooning)
• increasing a number of existing infringement notice penalties related to e-mobility devices to better reflect the seriousness of the offence, including penalties for speeding, not wearing a helmet, carrying passengers, riding on a prohibited road and riding without due care and attention, and prescribe additional existing offences as infringement notice offences
• allowing enforcement of unpaid infringement notices for certain offences involving a vehicle committed by persons aged 16 and 17

Ensure all parties involved in e-mobility use contribute to safety outcomes by:

• enabling enforcement action against parents where a child under 16 rides an e‑bike, PMD or prohibited bike unlawfully, unless the parent proves they did not know of the conduct or took all reasonable steps to prevent it
• requiring shared e-mobility providers (e.g. hire scooter companies) to ensure riders meet age and licensing requirements
• prohibiting the sale of e-mobility devices and motorbikes not eligible for full registration (unregisterable motorbikes) to a child under 16

Modernise e-mobility device definitions and standards by:

• aligning with the recognised e-bike safety standard and introducing mandatory compliance labelling for e-bikes
• revising the dimensional limits for PMDs and reinstating a maximum design speed of 25km/h
• allowing approved motorbike helmets to be worn by all e-mobility riders and riders of non-motorised bicycles

Protect pedestrians by improving the use of footpaths and other shared spaces through:

• providing a consistent 10km/h speed limit for all e-mobility devices on footpaths and shared paths
• encouraging safer parking of e-mobility devices by introducing a new offence for parking on a path in a way that obstructs pedestrian or vehicle thoroughfare, and requiring shared e-mobility providers to provide councils or police with rider information to support enforcement
• allowing PMDs to be used on any road up to 60 km/h to support rider choice and reduce traffic on footpaths.

The Bill follows the committee’s report into e-mobility safety and use in Queensland which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 4 March 2026. The Government's Response to this report was tabled on 26 March 2026 and is available below.

View: Report No. 21, 58^th Parliament – Inquiry into e-mobility safety and use in Queensland
View: Government Response

submissions

The submission process for this inquiry closed at 10am, Friday 10 April 2026.

Submissions received by this date will now be processed and considered by the committee. 

The committee will consider the content of each submission and will decide whether to accept and publish it. Most submissions are accepted and published on the committee’s inquiry webpage. While your name will be published, your contact details will not. 

The committee may decide not to publish all or part of a submission for reasons such as: 

• it isn’t relevant to the inquiry
• it contains wording which may be considered offensive
• it refers to matters that are sub judice (currently before the courts), or
• the person making the submission has requested confidentiality, or their name be withheld.

Once a committee has accepted a submission, it cannot be withdrawn or altered without the committee’s permission.

Submissions will be published on the inquiry webpage in due course.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Transport and Main Roads on Thursday 2 April 2026, and a public hearing on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. See timeline below for further information.

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on 8 May 2026. The report will be published here.

Once the committee’s report has been tabled, the Government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations (if any). At that time, the Government Response will be published here.

Timeline