Defending our Communities
Rep.Grant Amjad Miller
Rep. Miller was elected in 2024 to represent Utah’s House District 24, encompassing parts of Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake. As a freshman legislator, he successfully passed several bills that included court fine reform, protecting victims of domestic violence, and standardizing sentencing guidelines to increase public safety.
Rep. Miller confronted bills that were targeted at our trans communities, advocated for humane treatment of our unsheltered neighbors, and voted in solidarity with Utah’s labor unions.
He sits on the Judiciary and Economic Development Committees as well as the Law Enforcement Appropriations Committee.
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House District 24
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ISSUES - Defending Our Communites
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Compassion to address HOMELESSNESS
As a public defender that has represented hundreds of unsheltered individuals and has worked in Homeless Court and Kayak Court, Rep. Miller has repeatedly worked to address our homelessness crisis:
- Worked to remove unnecessary barriers to professional licensing to get more social workers to the front lines.
- Helped to prevent human trafficking in unsheltered communities.
- Introduced a “Homeless Bill of Rights”
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Courage to protect REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS and TRANS RIGHTS
Rep. Miller is dedicated to protecting an individual's right to personal agency free of government interference, including the determination of one's own bodily autonomy, reproduction, sexuality, and gender.
-Believes in the right to choose and works to keep abortion health care safe and accessible.
-Fought to defend trans rights and access to gender confirmation healthcare.
-Voted and advocated against bills that targeted the trans community.
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Competence to reform CRIMINAL JUSTICE
As a trial attorney, Grant has worked on thousands of criminal cases from Utah’s courthouses, jails, and prisons. He has worked to confront our mass incarceration problem with rehabilitative and restorative justice.
- Passed legislation reforming how defendants can pay court fines if they don’t have money.
- Passed legislation standardizing sentencing guidelines to increase public safety.
- Repeatedly voted against harmful mandatory minimum sentencing schemes to fight mass incarceration.
