Jennifer Dailey-Provost is an American politician serving as a member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

from the 24th district. Elected in November 2018, she assumed office on January 1, 2019.

Education

Dailey-Provost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the

David Eccles School of Business The David Eccles School of Business is located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school was founded as the "School of Commerce & Finance" in 1917 and subsequently changed its name to "School of Business" in 1927, althou ...

at the

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and an MBA from Westminster College.

Career

Dailey-Provost was executive director of Utah Academy of Family Physicians, where she lobbied for family medicine and primary care. In the 2018 general election for the

, she defeated Republican candidate Scott Rosenbush, with 77% of the vote.

Political Positions and Significant Legislation

In 2019, Rep. Dailey-Provost sponsored end-of-life legislation in the 2019 legislative session, but the bill did not receive a hearing. In 2022, she tried again, but the bill was defeated 2-9 in committee. In 2021, Rep. Dailey-Provost sponsored a bill that would "allow women held in jails to be able to stay on their prescribed birth control, with the goal to prevent unwanted pregnancies." The bill passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Cox into Law. In 2021, Rep. Dailey-Provost opposed a $3 million project to "convert a Salt Lake City detoxification center into an overflow emergency shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness." When referring to what Salt Lake City would contribute to this project, she said "I think that we need to be much more measured and fair when we consider how much we’re going to ask a community to take on... t'she responsibility of every person in the state o address homelessness not just the people in Salt Lake City.

References

Living people University of Utah alumni Westminster College (Utah) alumni 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Utah Democratic Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) {{Utah-politician-stub