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  Sali, Bill
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AffiliationRepublican  
  2007-01-03  
 
NameBill Sali
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Kuna, Idaho , United States
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Websitehttp://www.billsali.com/
Born February 17, 1954 (70 years)
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InfoWilliam T. “Bill” Sali was born on Feb. 17, 1954 in Portsmouth, Ohio. His father Gregory Sali worked in the nuclear industry. In 1957 his family moved to East Granby, Connecticut where his father worked for Combustion Engineering.

In 1962 his family moved to Boise, Idaho when his father pursued the first of several mining ventures. Bill attended Hawthorne elementary school, then after his family moved attended Koelsch elementary, West Junior High and Capital High School, graduating in 1972. In school he enjoyed music playing drums with school marching, concert and Pep bands.

Boise State University was attended beginning with the fall semester 1972 studying engineering and industrial business up until the fall semester of 1974. He was a member of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Engineers.

While working for his father in American Triticale, Inc., a grain seed business, Bill met Terry Sue Petersen and they were married August 20, 1976 in Boise, Idaho and later raised six children together (see family history below for more details). They made their home in the Boise, Idaho area where he played music professionally and worked at various jobs, including farming and a Caterpillar dealership.

Bill then returned to Boise State University in January 1979 majoring in Economics. He was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, an Economics Honor Society.

After graduating from BSU in 1981, Bill and Terry moved to Moscow, Idaho where Bill began law school at the University of Idaho. While there Bill was a founding member of the U of I chapter of Delta Theta Phi, a law Fraternity and was elected the chapter’s first Bailiff. Bill continued performance in popular swing music with the Blue County band and also as a member of Willard and the Rats, a 10-piece classic rock band made of law students, spouses and instructors. He graduated in 1984 and they moved back to the Boise area while preparing for the bar exam. In September 1984, after passing the bar exam, Bill began a solo law practice.

While establishing his legal practice, Bill continued performing music. After winning local and regional levels of the True Value Hardware Country Showdown, “Idaho the band” became one of 6 national finalists and in December 1987 and performed live on nationally broadcast TV show Nashville Now on TNN. Bill continued to perform with two other Boise-based groups, Cimarron and Redstone. Redstone enjoyed success from Calgary Canada to Denver Colorado and the group shared the stage with a number of artists, including Billy Ray Cyrus, Waylon Jennings, Asleep At The Wheel, Doug Stone and the Gibson Miller Band.

In early 1990 Bill was asked to enter politics and in May 1990 won the Republican primary election to a seat in the House of Representatives in the Idaho Legislature. After the defeated incumbent resigned, Bill was appointed in August 1990 to fill the remainder of that term. The general election in November of that year was won handily as well. In December he was appointed to the House Health and Welfare Committee and in 1993 was appointed as its vice-chairman. Later that year he was also appointed to the Special Committee on Health Care. He served as Chairman of that Committee from 2003 to 2004. Bill served on the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Committee in 1991 and 1992, and then 2 years on the Human Resources Committees. Bill was moved to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee in 1995.

Bill received many notable rankings and awards as a legislator. He quickly became known as a fiscal conservative and was given positive rankings by business and taxpayer groups. In addition he was singled out to receive a number of awards. In 1992, Col. Oliver North presented an Idaho Family Forum award to Bill when he was designated the “Legislative Champion of the Family.” In 1998, Bill was the first Idaho legislator to receive the lifetime “Friend For Life” award from Idaho Chooses Life. In 1999 Congressman Helen Chenoweth presented Bill with the “Faith and Freedom” award from Idaho Christian Coalition for his “leadership in drafting pro-life legislation and advocating parental rights.” He has since received numerous other awards.

Bill devoted significant efforts on behalf of the disabled, including drafting amendments to modernize Idaho statutes dealing with guide and service dogs for the blind and handicapped. In 1999 he was appointed to a special Interim Legislative Committee dealing with Idaho’s state institution for people with developmental disabilities. He then provided leadership in forming a unique and historic task force charged with improving effectiveness and efficiency of Idaho’s service delivery system for all people with developmental disabilities. Bill gained prominence in a number of other diverse areas, including being a key player on 2nd amendment issues, the author of Idaho’s statutes on acupuncture, the author of Idaho’s statutes making possessing and transporting components of bombs a felony and improvements to other Idaho statutes too numerous to list. Bill was actively involved in pro-life legislation and drafted, sponsored and gained passage of Idaho’s parental consent law.

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