List of motions
The following is a list of motions in parliamentary procedure and their classification according to , , and .
- Main motion
Subsidiary motions
(Descending order of Precedence)§§§§§
- Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
- Lay on the table
- Previous question
- Limit or extend limits of debate
- Postpone to a certain time (or postpone definitely)
- Commit or refer
- Amend
- Postpone indefinitely
- The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC)
- Postpone temporarily, or table
- Close debate
- Limit or extend debate
- Postpone to a certain time
- Refer to committee
- Amend
- Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure (Demeter)
- Lay on the table
- Previous question
- Limit or extend debate
- Postpone to a definite time
- Refer to a committee
- Amend the main motion
- Postpone indefinitely
Privileged motions
(Descending order of Precedence)
- RONR
- Fix the time to which to adjourn
- Adjourn
- Recess
- Raise a question of privilege
- Call for the orders of the day
- TSC
- Adjourn
- Recess
- Raise a question of privilege
- Demeter
- Fix the day to which to adjourn
- Adjourn
- Recess
- Raise a question of privilege
- Call for the orders of the day
Incidental motions
(No order of Precedence)
- Point of order
- Appeal (motion)
- Suspend the rules
- Objection to the consideration of a question
- Division of a question
- Consideration by paragraph or seriatim
- Division of the assembly
- Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls
- Motions relating to nominations
- Request to be excused from a duty
- Requests and inquiries
- Parliamentary inquiry
- Request for information
- Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion
- Request to read papers
- Request for any other privilege
Motions that bring a question again before the assembly
- Bring a Question back motions (RONR)
- Rescind or amend something previously adopted
- Discharge a committee
- Reconsider
- Take from the table
- Restorative motions (TSC)
- Amend a previously action
- Ratify
- Reconsider
- Rescind
- Resume Consideration
- Restoratory motions (Demeter)
- Ratify
- Expunge
- Rescind
- Reconsider and Enter
- Reconsider
- Take from the table
References
- Robert, Henry M.; et al. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-82020-5.
- AIP, Revision Committee; Sturgis, Alice (2001). The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-136513-3.
- Demeter, George (1969). Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure ("Blue Book" ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-18030-0.
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- Postpone indefinitely
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- Postpone to a certain time
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- Call for the orders of the day
- Raise a question of privilege
- Recess
- Adjourn
- Fix the time to which to adjourn
- Point of order
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- Suspend the rules
- Objection to the consideration of a question
- Division of a question
- Consideration by paragraph or seriatim
- Division of the assembly
- Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls
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- Request to be excused from a duty
- Requests and inquiries (Parliamentary inquiry, Request for information, Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion, Request to read papers, Request for any other privilege)
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- Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
- The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC or Sturgis)
- Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure
- Riddick's Rules of Procedure
- Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
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