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Senate committee advances Schneider reappointment to Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Watkins interviewed virtually

3220256 · February 3, 2025
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send the gubernatorial reappointment of Alan Schneider to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation. Mark Watkins, a current commissioner and BYU–Idaho music professor, met with the committee remotely; his reappointment will be voted on at the committee's next meeting.

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on an oral voice vote sent the gubernatorial reappointment of Alan Schneider to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation. Senator Melissa Wintrow moved the recommendation and Senator Jim Blaylock seconded the motion.

The action came as the committee considered two reappointments. Mark Watkins, who appeared remotely, identified himself as a professor in the music department at Brigham…

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