Jill Koford is a candidate for Utah Senate, District 5. The ballot lists Jill F. Koford, Republican. The district covers all or part of Davis, Morgan and Weber counties.
Jill Koford earned an English degree at Weber State University and a graduate teaching degree at the University of Southern California. Her official biography identifies business roles with Creative Design Ink, Protean Edge and the Rechieve Foundation. It also records extensive civic-board service, including education, youth, airport and veterans-related organizations, and describes her interest in general aviation alongside outdoor recreation. [1]
Public service and district
Koford began House service in January 2025 and represents District 10 in Weber County, including parts of South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace and Uintah. Her official biography records earlier county-party leadership and community work. Those experiences preceded her legislative term and provide local context for her district role, while the member roster supplies the current service date and formal committee assignments. [1]
Documented legislative work
Koford's 2026 sponsor record includes HB410, Water Leasing Amendments, and HB348, Dedicated Water Amendments, both listed as signed by the governor. A separate measure on public-infrastructure districts and a proposed constitutional property-tax change ended as filed in the House. The entries show a mix of water, land-use and tax subjects, with distinct outcomes rather than a single program whose results can be inferred from the sponsorship list. [2]
In the 2026 General Session, Jill Koford was chief sponsor of H.B. 124, Veteran Armed Forces Property Tax Exemption Amendments. It would have let a veteran claim the property tax exemption for service members disabled or killed in the line of duty without reapplying each year, and spelled out when a county may ask for a new application or proof of disability. The House passed it and a Senate committee reported it favorably, but the Senate did not pass it, and it was filed on March 6, 2026. [3]
In the 2026 General Session, Jill Koford was chief sponsor of H.B. 76, Data Center Water Transparency Amendments. It requires large data centers to talk with their water providers and to report their water use before construction and every year, and it sets disclosure, enforcement and rulemaking rules for those reports. The governor signed it on March 23, 2026. [4]
Committee and budget responsibilities
Current assignments place Koford on House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment and House Revenue and Taxation. She also serves on Higher Education Appropriations and interim committees for political subdivisions and revenue and taxation. That combination links water and land-related questions with taxes, local government and university spending, extending her responsibilities beyond the business, aviation and nonprofit activity described in her biography. [1]
Profile sources
Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.
After a record-dry winter, the lake sits about a foot above its 2022 record low, and the state is relying on conservation, water leasing and a causeway berm to hold the line.
