Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Department of Commerce. It appropriates a total of $161,533,400 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 48.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds eight line items, which provide 5.00 FTP and additional funds for tourism and promotion, development grants, operating expenditures, economic planning, broadband infrastructure, and the Idaho Food Bank.