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Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson

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State Senator

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Office
State Senator
State
Ohio
Jurisdiction
14
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2019 - Present

Terry A. Johnson, D.O., is a retired physician, medical educator, retired military officer, and former four-term State Representative. As a legislator, he sponsored important health-related laws, including one aimed at helping rein in the scourge of prescription drug abuse in Ohio. Dr. Johnson graduated summa cum laude in 1985 from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in history, before attending that university's College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating in 1991 from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed his family practice residency at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus, after which he returned to the Portsmouth area to practice in 1994. He has served continuously as a family practice physician for nearly three decades in southern Ohio, his lifelong home. Johnson is the first and, to date, only osteopathic physician to serve in the Ohio legislature. No less than eighteen of his bills were signed into law, and his influence strongly impacted scores of other bills as they moved through the legislative process. Commissioned into the Ohio Army National Guard while a fourth-year medical student, he attained the rank of colonel in just 12 years. A…

Biography source: official page

Issue Activity

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Uncategorized votes
7 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
National Security
1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Evidence & Sources

8/9 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 8 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

  • Terry Johnson holds the office of State Senator
    profile identity· OpenStates
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  • Voted yes on SB 276: Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-11source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 162: Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-11source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on HB 455: Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-11source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on HB 297: Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-11source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on HB 195: Revise the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-04source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on HB 297: Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-05-21source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 162: Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-04-15source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 276: Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-11-13source
    Verified
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