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• Lawmakers estimate that one-half of a percent of the general fund expenditure would go to Building South Dakota in good years, about $7 million or $8 million.
• Rep. Scott Parsley, D-Madison, said he doubted the formula would provide even half of what legislators expect.
• Democrats in both chambers said they preferred more straightforward funding, such as setting aside 1 percent of the annual budget for the program.
• "I just think we're establishing a really complicated formula that will leave us crumbs at best for Building South Dakota," House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff said.
• Hunhoff, a Yankton Democrat, tried to have the House appoint a new committee to renegotiate the bill, but the majority in the House did not agree. Representatives voted 52-18 to support the measure. Rep. Lance Russell of Hot Springs was the only Republican to oppose the bill in either chamber.
• Senators voted 31-4 for the measure.
• Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave said the funding formula drafted by Corey Brown, president pro tempore, was ingenious.
• "It helps us manage our budget reserves while still funneling dollars to Building South Dakota when we have those dollars," said Rave, R-Baltic.
• Lust, the House majority leader, pressed representatives to support the measure even if they objected to Building South Dakota or the recent tweak to the formula, because much of the funding is already being accounted for.
• "Be mindful of what a vote against this bill does," said Lust, R-Rapid City. "If this fails, this bill goes down, you'll have to answer to the Medicaid providers, the educators, the state employees."
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