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Terri Hill
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| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2015 Serving with Jessica Feldmark
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| Born | May 3, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) Columbia University (MD) |
Terri Lynn Hill (born May 3, 1959) is an American politician and doctor. Since 2015, she has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, which is part of Maryland's state government. She represents the people living in her legislative district.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Hill has also run for a seat in the U.S. Congress. She ran in a special election in 2020 and again in 2024 but was not elected in those races.
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Early Life and Schooling
Terri Hill was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she was ten, her family moved to Columbia, Maryland. Her mother was active in their local community, and her sister later became a judge and a deputy attorney general for Maryland.
Hill graduated from Wilde Lake Senior High School. She then went to two famous universities. First, she attended Harvard University and earned a degree in bioelectric engineering in 1981. After that, she went to Columbia University and earned her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in 1985, officially becoming a doctor.
Career as a Doctor
After medical school, Dr. Hill became a plastic surgeon. She worked at a medical center in New York and later completed special training in craniofacial surgery, which focuses on the face and head. From 1995 to 1999, and again in 2004, she volunteered with Operation Smile, a charity that provides free surgeries to children with cleft lips and palates.
Dr. Hill has had her own medical practice since 1991. In 2006, she also started a business called Visage Rejuvenation Spa LLC.
In 2021, it was reported that Dr. Hill had participated in government meetings online while she was in an operating room with a patient. The Maryland Board of Physicians investigated this. They found that she had not gotten proper permission from the patients. As a result, she was fined $15,000 and given an official warning.
Even with her busy political schedule, Dr. Hill sometimes helps other lawmakers and people at the Maryland State House with their health questions.
Political Career
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Hill's interest in politics started early when she worked as an intern for U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.
Maryland House of Delegates
In 2014, Hill was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. She was sworn into office on January 14, 2015. In the House of Delegates, lawmakers create and vote on laws for the state of Maryland. Since she started, she has been a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee, where her medical knowledge is very useful.
Running for U.S. Congress
2020 Campaign
In 2019, Hill announced she would run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. This was for a special election to fill the seat of Representative Elijah Cummings, who had passed away. She focused her campaign on improving health care and social justice. She lost the election to Kweisi Mfume, finishing in fourth place.
2024 Campaign
In 2023, Hill decided to run for Congress again after Representative John Sarbanes announced he would not seek re-election. She ran in the Democratic primary election in May 2024 but was defeated by state senator Sarah Elfreth.
What Hill Believes: Political Positions
As a lawmaker, Terri Hill has worked on many different issues. Here are some of her key positions.
Education and Sports
In 2018, Hill introduced a bill to ban tackle football and other contact sports for elementary and middle school students. She was concerned about the health risks for young players.
She also worked on laws to make sure the school system in Howard County was fair for all students. One law required the school board to report on how it was helping students with different needs.
Environment
In 2019, Hill helped pass a law that allowed Howard County to put a tax on plastic bags. This was done to encourage people to use reusable bags and reduce plastic waste. The county later created a 5-cent fee for disposable plastic bags.
In 2021, she introduced a bill to stop homeowner associations from forcing residents to plant turf grass. This gives people more freedom to plant other things, like gardens or native plants.
Health Care
With her background as a doctor, Hill has focused a lot on health care laws.
- She supported the Affordable Care Act and wanted to make it work better for people.
- In 2015, she introduced a bill to help married lesbian couples get coverage for fertility treatments.
- In 2019, she helped pass a law that allows medical professionals to give medicine to teenagers to prevent HIV.
- In 2024, she supported a bill to allow medical help for terminally ill patients who want to make end-of-life choices.
Social Issues
- In 2017, Hill took part in a rally to speak out against hatred and division.
- In 2021, she introduced a bill to change Maryland's official state song, "Maryland, My Maryland," because many people felt its lyrics were outdated.
- In 2023, she helped pass a law to protect the privacy of patients and doctors in Maryland. It prevents other states from investigating them for health care services that are legal in Maryland.
Personal Life
Hill is a member of St. Bernardine Catholic Church in Baltimore.
