lawmakers also debuted the new temporary chambers where they'll meet while the state capitol is under construction.

The new building is next to the Capitol Annex, with chambers for the House and Senate.

And speaking of the possibility for a special session, reporters asked and a Senate president, Robert Stivers, if the new building would be ready.

It will be ready July 1st to flip the switch and have anything necessary done in it that we need to do anything else.

Stivers gave a tour of the temporary space.

Unlike the Capitol, it doesn't have a gallery to seat members of the public.

He said that addition would have added millions of dollars to the project.

Visitors can instead sit in conference rooms to watch a live stream of legislative coverage.

The Senate president also explained how long they expect to be in the new building.

We hope that this will be about a three year run here.

We hope you've got a 115 year old building sit there, which sits across the street, which is iconic in nature, rated one of the ten best, capitals in the United States and is on the historic register until you get into that style of structure, you do not know until you're actually in it whether you have to do more or less.

The Capitol renovation is expected to cost $300 million.