|
What's It For? |
How Important is It? (Rank) |
What’s It's Called? (Name of
Motion) |
Category? (Type of Motion) |
Can we interrupt the Speaker? |
Should Someone Else Agree to Talk
About This? (Requires a second) |
Can we add to It? (Amendable) |
Debatable |
Votes to Pass? |
Can we Change our Minds?
(Reconsider) |
|
Deciding
when to go home |
1 |
Fix time
to which to adjourn |
Privileged |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority (that's 1 more than half) |
Yes |
|
Stopping
the meeting |
2 |
Adjourn |
Privileged |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Majority |
No |
|
Taking a
break |
3 |
Take a
Recess |
Privileged |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Majority |
No |
|
Asking a
favor |
4 |
Raise a
Question of Privilege |
Privileged |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Chair grants |
No |
|
Focusing
on what we are doing in the meeting |
5 |
Call for
Orders of the Day |
Privileged |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No vote |
No |
|
Talking
about it later |
6 |
Lay on the
Table |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Majority |
No |
|
Taking
action by ceasing debate |
7 |
Previous
Question (close Debate) |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Majority |
Yes |
|
Taking a
specific amount of time to discuss the subject |
8 |
Limit to
the Extended Debate |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
2/3 |
Yes |
|
Postponing
talk about this subject till the next meeting |
9 |
Postpone
to a Certain time (definitely) |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
Yes |
|
Getting a
smaller group to work on the subject |
10 |
Refer to a
Committee(Commit) |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
Yes |
|
Adding
more specifics for consideration |
11 |
Amend |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
Yes |
|
Postponing
discussion forever |
12 |
Postpone
Indefinitely |
Subsidiary |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
If Passed |
|
Proposing
an action to take |
13 |
Original
Main Motion |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
Yes |
|
I think we
need to check on something. |
|
Point of
Order |
Incidental |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Chair rules |
No |
|
Asking for
a second chance |
|
Appeal |
Incidental |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Majority |
Yes |
|
Asing for the rules or their interpretation |
|
Parliamentary
Inquiry |
Incidental |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Chair Answers |
No |
|
Requesting
consideration without the structure |
|
Suspend
the Rules |
Incidental |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
2/3 |
No |
|
Not liking
what is going on |
|
Object to
a Consideration |
Incidental |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Majority |
It fails |
|
Subject is
too big, let's break it into smaller pieces. |
|
Division
of a Question |
Incidental |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Majority |
|
|
Taking one
thing at a time |
|
Consideration
of a Paragraph (Seriatim) |
Incidental |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Majority |
No |
|
Uncertain
of the vote, ask for a show of hands. |
|
Division
of the Assembly |
Incidental |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
On Demand |
No |
|
Mistake
has occurred, reverse the decision |
|
Rescind |
Restorative |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
2/3 |
No |
|
Requesting
that we look at this again. |
|
Reconsider |
Restorative |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Majority |
No |
|
Previously
postponed decision is now up for discussion |
|
Take from
the table |
Restorative |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Majority |
No |
