[3] 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.
[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.