Pillen Signs Legislative Bills Supporting Nebraska National Guard

LINCOLN–(KFOR Dec. 10)–New investment into Nebraska’s National Guard.

Legislative bills toward that investment were signed Tuesday by Governor Jim Pillen, during a news conference at the Nebraska National Guard campus.  One of those bills signed was LB 1394, that would allow guard members to exclude certain income from their federal adjusted gross income for state tax purposes, including income received for attending drills, annual training and military schools.

LB 1394 takes effect beginning with the 2025 tax year.

Another bill, LB 52, removes the $900,000 cap on the state funded tuition program for members of the guard, a cap that’s been in place since 1999. The program now provides for 100% undergrad tuition credit for enrollment in state university, college, community college, or independent college. It also provides 50% tuition credit for graduate and professional degrees.

LB 895 authorizes the adjutant general to develop a program aimed at providing incentives for enlistment or reenlistment.

“The momentum that these bills are giving us — we are in good position to make 2025 a high point in our recruiting, because of the tools provided to us,” said Major General Craig Strong, who is Nebraska’s Adjudent General.