Stephanie Pitcher

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Stephanie Pitcher
Member of the Utah House of Representatives from district 40
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
Preceded byLynn Hemingway
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

Stephanie Pitcher is an American politician currently serving her first term in the Utah House of Representatives.[1]

Early life and career[]

Pitcher has a bachelor's degree in English Creative Writing from Utah State University. She got an MPA from the University of Utah in 2011, and in 2015 she graduated from the University of Utah SJ Quincy School of Law.[2] An avid chess player, Pitcher is ranked WCM (Woman candidate master), and has won the Utah State Women's Chess Championship eight times.[3]

Political career[]

In 2016, Pitcher helped create the Utah Women's Coalition, which promoted legislation on issues such as family leave, protection of breastfeeding in public, and child care.[4] [5] Pitcher is a prosecutor for Davis County.[6]

Pitcher ran against Republican Peter L. Kraus in 2018 for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives, and won with 70% of the vote.[7]

In 2020, Pitcher introduced cash bail reform legislation that was passed by the Utah legislature and signed by Governor Spencer Cox in 2021.[8] The bill introduced requirements that bail decisions reflect risk factors.[8] The intended goal was to prevent people who posed little threat to spent unnecessary time being imprisoned because they were unable to pay bail.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Election results as of late Tuesday for Utah races, issues," Deseret News, Nov. 7, 2018
  2. ^ VoteSmart biography
  3. ^ “2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics,” Chess.com, Oct 8, 2018
  4. ^ “New coalition backs Utah women's, children's issues,” Salt Lake Tribune, January 14, 2016
  5. ^ “Protection of breastfeeding in public will go into law after signed by governor,” Salt Lake Tribune, February 21, 2018
  6. ^ "Meet the seven new women — five Democrats and two Republicans — who will join the Utah Legislature in January," Salt Lake Tribune, December 26, 2018
  7. ^ "Election results as of late Tuesday for Utah races, issues," Deseret News, Nov. 7, 2018
  8. ^ a b c "A look into the last-ditch — and misleading — campaign by Utah's sheriffs to get bail reform repealed". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-03-25.


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