---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate a limitation on the amount of tuition credits available to Nebraska National Guard members"
description: "Eliminate a limitation on the amount of tuition credits available to Nebraska National Guard members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 52"
citation: "Nebraska LB 52 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lippincott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f24c97d-6dfb-4bfc-baa4-add315a2455e"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "ebd724e6c30094add46594d79bc8d7041fa6d74d9abb8fd0c0ae4ccbb990a4c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 52 (108) — Eliminate a limitation on the amount of tuition credits available to Nebraska National Guard members

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB52.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER6.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB52.pdf)
4. **Lowe AM377** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM377.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB52.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Lowe AM377 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lippincott — primary (person)
- Blood — cosponsor (person)
- Briese — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne — cosponsor (person)
- von Gillern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-04-18** DeKay explanation of vote
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 16, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Wayne name added
- **2024-02-01** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-01-26** Enrollment and Review ER6 adopted
- **2024-01-03** von Gillern name added
- **2024-01-03** Blood name added
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-02-23** Enrollment and Review ER6 filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Select File with ER6 `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2023-02-16** Lowe AM377 adopted
- **2023-02-16** Lowe AM377 filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Briese name added
- **2023-02-14** Vargas name added
- **2023-01-30** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Hunt name added
- **2023-01-18** Notice of hearing for January 25, 2023
- **2023-01-17** Conrad name added
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f24c97d-6dfb-4bfc-baa4-add315a2455e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).