Bills to end cash bail, allow more 14-year-olds to drive and update the Nevada Constitution to reflect that same-sex marriage is legal are up for consideration in the Nevada Legislature on Thursday.

Lawmakers will also discuss economic development programs for the marijuana industry and sharing utility companies’ earnings with customers.

For more information on the status of bills working their way through the Legislature, check out The Nevada Independent’s bill tracker. And for the bills in committee today, check out the Legislature’s website for committee times and links to watch live committee meetings and floor sessions.

Here’s what to watch for on Thursday at the Legislature:

More budget hearings

The budget subcommittee on general government will hear three budgets on Thursday: the Commission on Judicial Discipline, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange and the Commission on Ethics.

The subcommittee meets at 8 a.m.

AB325: Major bail changes

Nevada’s system of bail for nearly all criminal and civil cases could be radically changed under a proposal by Democratic Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo.

The bill, AB325, would throw out most of Nevada’s current laws on bail and require courts to release nearly all individuals awaiting trial eligible for bail under the “least restrictive conditions” necessary for the person to show back up to court and ensure the safety of the community. The measure requires judges to only assign cash bail in cases as a last resort and prohibits them from setting a bail “higher than necessary to ensure reasonably the appearance of the defendant and the safety of the community.”

The bill also requires that any person arrested for a misdemeanor or lower offense — other than domestic violence or violating a restraining order — be released prior to trial at or before an initial court appearance.

The bill will be heard in Assembly Judiciary at 8 a.m.

AB213: Allowing 14-year-olds to drive

Lawmakers will consider extending the right to drive to 14-year-olds who attend charter schools. The bill would expand a restricted driver’s license that is already available to students who live in small towns and counties and those who attend private schools when transportation is not provided to and from the school.

Republican Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen said she introduced the bill on behalf of a Reno technical charter high school after learning that students sometimes lack the transportation they need to attend. She said students attending charter schools don’t have the same opportunities to ride buses as their students in traditional schools.

The bill will be heard in the Assembly Growth and Infrastructure Committee at 1:30 p.m.

SB300: Electric utilities sharing earnings with customers

NV Energy could be required to share any excess profits with its customers under a proposal by Democratic Sen. Chris Brooks.

SB300 would require electric utilities — such as NV Energy — to share any excess profit over the utility’s authorized rate of return earned in the previous year with its customers. State law allows utilities such as NV Energy to earn a certain percentage of profit (currently 9.4 percent), set by the Public Utilities Commission, from electric sales to spur investment and guarantee stable prices.

The bill will be heard at 1:30 p.m. in Senate Growth and Infrastructure.

SB278: Economic development for marijuana businesses

Lawmakers will consider authorizing medical marijuana companies to participate in state workforce development programs to train people to become agents in the industry. The bill also calls for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to ensure that minority-owned, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises be included in the programs.

The bill will be heard in Senate Revenue and Economic Development at 1:30 p.m.

AJR2 of the 2017 session: Constitutional amendment on same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage has been the law of the land since the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in 2015, but this measure would make it official in the Nevada Constitution by removing the “one man, one woman” marriage provision.

The proposal, first introduced in the 2017 legislative session, passed 19-2 in the Senate and 27-14 in the Assembly. If both houses of the Legislature approve it this year, it will head to the 2020 ballot for consideration by voters.

The measure will be heard in the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee at 4 p.m.

Updated 3-21-19 at 9:06 a.m. to clarify that 14-year-olds who attend private schools where transportation is not provided are already allowed to apply for a restricted driver's license.