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Hilferty is married to her high school sweetheart, Michael Lillis (born 1984), a New Orleans litigation [[attorney]]. The couple resides with their two young children in the New Orleans Lake Vista neighborhood. In 2019, she became only the fourth state legislator to give birth while in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_4a9b9e48-735c-11e9-ab91-ef706e6ae191.html|title=Meet Stephanie Hilferty: The 4th Louisiana legislator in 200 years to give birth while in office|author=Tyler Bridges|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 11, 2019|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>

Hilferty is married to her high school sweetheart, Michael Lillis (born 1984), a New Orleans litigation [[attorney]]. The couple resides with their two young children in the New Orleans Lake Vista neighborhood. In 2019, she became only the fourth state legislator to give birth while in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_4a9b9e48-735c-11e9-ab91-ef706e6ae191.html|title=Meet Stephanie Hilferty: The 4th Louisiana legislator in 200 years to give birth while in office|author=Tyler Bridges|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 11, 2019|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>

==2015 House election==​

==2015 House election==

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In the [[primary]] election held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative Nicholas Lorusso, 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> Lorusso had taken the seat in a [[special election]] in April 2007. She carried the endorsement of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune.''<ref>{{cite web|title=A recap of our recommendations for the Oct. 24 ballot: Editorial|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2015/10/election_recommendations.html|website=NOLA.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> and then state Republican chairman [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nineteen of 144 seats in Louisiana Legislature need to be decided|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13826430-124/nineteen-of-144-seats-in|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>​

In the [[primary]] election held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative Nicholas Lorusso, 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> Lorusso had taken the seat in a [[special election]] in April 2007. She carried the endorsement of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune.''<ref>{{cite web|title=A recap of our recommendations for the Oct. 24 ballot: Editorial|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2015/10/election_recommendations.html|website=NOLA.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> and then state Republican chairman [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nineteen of 144 seats in Louisiana Legislature need to be decided|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13826430-124/nineteen-of-144-seats-in|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>​

Hilferty sits on these House committees: ( 1) Commerce,  (2) Education, and (3) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=lahouse/>

In her first term, Hilferty sat on these House committees: (1) Commerce,  (2) Education, and (3) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=lahouse/>

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==Reelection in 2019==

==Reelection in 2019==