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Stephanie Pitcher
Member of the Utah Senate
from the 14th district

Incumbent

Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byJani Iwamoto (Redistricting)
Member of the Utah House of Representatives
from the 40th district
In office
January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2022
Preceded byLynn Hemingway
Succeeded byAndrew Stoddard
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUtah State University (BA)
University of Utah (MPA, JD)

Stephanie Pitcher is an American politician and attorney, and Senator in the Utah State Senate.[1] She served two terms as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 40th district, from 2019 through 2022.[2]

Early life and career[edit]

Pitcher earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English creative writing from Utah State University and an MPA from the University of Utah in 2011. In 2015, she earned a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law.[3]

Career[edit]

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, Utah.[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. The bill introduced requirements that bail decisions reflect risk factors.[8] The intended goal was to prevent people who posed little threat to society spent unnecessary time being imprisoned because they were unable to pay bail.[8]

Personal life[edit]

An avid chess player, Pitcher is ranked WCM (Woman candidate master), and has won the Utah State Women's Chess Championship eight times.[9]

References[edit]

  • ^ VoteSmart biography
  • ^ "New coalition backs Utah women's, children's issues". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  • ^ "Protection of breastfeeding in public will go into law after signed by governor". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  • ^ "Meet the seven new women — five Democrats and two Republicans — who will join the Utah Legislature in January". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  • ^ "Stephanie Pitcher". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  • ^ a b "A look into the last-ditch — and misleading — campaign by Utah's sheriffs to get bail reform repealed".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.
  • ^ “2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics,” Chess.com, Oct 8, 2018

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