2023-12-11 file photo: Ann Millner. “Ann Millner on 11 December 2023 - 9 (cropped).jpg.”. Photo: US Department of Education · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2023-12-11 file photo: Ann Millner. “Ann Millner on 11 December 2023 - 9 (cropped).jpg.”. Photo: US Department of Education · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The final-passage votes in the 2026 sessions that were decided by the fewest votes, with Ann Millner's vote. These are picked by the size of the margin in the official tally alone, not by topic or party.
March 6, 2026 · Vote 2133Voted: Absent or not voting
4th Sub. SB 31: Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments
Concurrence, Final Passage · Result: Ayes 0 Nays 0 Abs 29 · Official record
Ann Millner earned a science and mathematics education degree at the University of Tennessee, completed graduate medical-technology training at Vanderbilt, and earned a master's degree at Texas State and an education-administration doctorate at Brigham Young University. Weber State's institutional history traces her higher-education career from Vanderbilt to Weber, where she joined in 1982 to lead outreach education and continuing-education work. [1]
Leading Weber State
Millner became Weber State's president in 2002 and served until 2012. The university's history identifies her as its first woman president and credits that period with opening the Davis campus, developing the Dream Weber scholarship program and expanding university planning. She previously served as vice president for community partnerships. Those institutional roles preceded her election to the Utah Senate in 2014. [1]
Workforce and statewide education
Her current Senate biography emphasizes workforce preparation, public and higher education, aerospace and defense industries, healthcare access, energy and critical minerals. It identifies her as chair of Higher Education Appropriations and the Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee. These responsibilities connect education funding with the skills employers seek, but they are distinct from her former authority as a university president. [3]
In the 2026 General Session, Ann Millner was chief sponsor of S.B. 216, Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding. It builds a formula for enrollment-based funding for universities and technical colleges, sets new performance metrics and goals for performance-based funding, and adds sunset dates. The governor signed it on March 19, 2026. [4]
In the 2026 General Session, Ann Millner was chief sponsor of S.B. 220, Veteran Scholarship Amendments. It removes a graduate-program waiver provision for Purple Heart recipients and raises the limit on the veteran tuition waiver. The governor signed it on March 19, 2026. [5]
Current district and national work
Millner represents Senate District 5 across parts of Davis, Morgan and Weber counties. Her Senate biography records national education-policy work with the Education Commission of the States, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and other organizations, including selection as WICHE chair for 2026. The Legislature's roster also lists Public Education Appropriations and transportation, utilities, energy and technology assignments. Older university material uses a previous Senate district number; District 5 is the current reference. [3] [2]
Profile sources
Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.
S.J.R. 16 ended the two-term limit on Independent Legislative Ethics Commission members, let the commission dismiss complaints after an agreed fix, and dropped explicit directions to make its recommendations public.
