State lawmakers are gearing up to deal with one of the final deadlines of the legislative session.

Friday marks the last day for the majority of bills (those that haven’t been exempted from legislative deadlines) to move out of their second house committee, meaning Assembly bills need to be moved out of Senate committees and Senate bills moving out of Assembly committees.

Agendas were relatively sparse on Thursday, but legislators are scheduled to vote on bills ranging from treating prostitution to raising penalties for elder abuse.

Here’s what to watch for on Friday:

AB449 - Establishes Public Lands Day

Nevadans could get another day of free state park admission under a proposal designed to celebrate public lands in the state.

AB449, which is scheduled for a committee vote on Friday, would establish the last Saturday in September as “Public Lands Day” in Nevada, and authorize the governor to issue a proclamation celebrating the holiday.

Starting in July, the bill would also allow for free admission for any recreation, camping or boating in state-managed parks, including the Friday night beforehand or overnight on Saturday. The state’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources estimated that the holiday could cost roughly $20,200 in lost revenue per year.

Watch the vote on the bill at 1 p.m. in the Senate Committee on Government Affairs.

AB260: Treatment programs for certain prostitution offenses

Republican Assemblywoman Jill Tolles’s bill to allow courts to suspend the sentences of people convicted of soliciting someone for prostitution if they complete a treatment program is up for a committee vote today.

The bill would allow a court to suspend proceedings of eligible defendants without entering a judgment of conviction and place the defendant on probation with terms and conditions that they complete a successful treatment program. The legislation would also require a court to seal records relating to a prostitution case once someone completes a treatment program and allow a judge to suspend the sentence of someone who was convicted of a misdemeanor solicitation for prostitution offense provided that they complete a treatment program.

The legislation also specifies that prostitutes who engage in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution are guilty of a misdemeanor and that customers found guilty of engaging in prostitution or soliciting in prostitution will be subjected to a tiered system of punishments for subsequent offenses. The first offense would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $400, the second would be a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $800 and the third and subsequent offenses would be a gross misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of not less than $1,300.

The bill passed the Assembly unanimously in April and is up for a vote in Senate Judiciary at 1:30 p.m.

AB288 - Increased penalties for elder abuse

Democratic Assemblywoman Amber Joiner’s bill increasing the penalties for elder abuse is up for a committee vote today.

Under current law, anyone who in good faith makes a report about elder abuse, submits information in a report to a licensing board or causes or conducts an investigation of elder abuse are immune from civil or criminal liability. The bill would change existing law so that the immunity would not extend to anyone who committed elder abuse themselves.

The legislation also increases the maximum term of imprisonment for elder abuse from six years to 20 years and provides that any person who commits elder abuse is guilty of a category C felony or gross misdemeanor for the first offense and is guilty of a category B felony for the second and all subsequent offenses. Anyone who conspires to commit elder abuse can be punished for a category C felony or gross misdemeanor for the first offense or a category B felony by imprisonment for the second and subsequent offenses.

The bill passed the Assembly 38-4 in April and is up for a vote in Senate Judiciary at 1:30 p.m.