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Principal Rules Governing Motions

Order of Precedence1 Can
Interupt?		 Requires
Second?		 Debat-
able		 Amend-
able		 Vote
Required		 Applies to what
other motions		 Can have
what other
 motions applied
to it4 		Page
Privileged Motions
     1. Adjourn No Yes Yes3 Yes3 Majority None Amend 77
     2. Recess No Yes Yes3 Yes3 Majority None Amend3 75
     3. Question of Privilege Yes No No No None None None 72
Subsidiary Motions
     4. Postpone temporarily (Table) No Yes No No Majority2 Main Motion None 68
     5. Close Debate No Yes No No 2/3 Debatable Motions None 65
     6. Limit Debate No Yes Yes3 Yes3 2/3 Debatable Motions Amend3 62
     7. Postpone to a certain time No Yes Yes3 Yes3 Majority Main Motion Amend3 
Close Debate 
Limit Debate		 58
     8. Refer to committee No Yes Yes3 Yes3 Majority Main Motion Amend3 
Close Debate 
Limit Debate		 55
     9. Amend No Yes Yes Yes Majority Rewordable motions Close Debate
Limit Debate
Amend		 47
Main Motions
    10. a. Main Motion No Yes Yes Yes Majority None Restorative
Subsidiary		 32
          b. Restorative main motions
              Amend a previous action No Yes Yes Yes Majority Main Motion Restorative
Subsidiary		 36
              Ratify No Yes Yes Yes Majority Previous Action Subsidiary 37
              Reconsider Yes Yes Yes3 No Majority Main Motion Close Debate
Limit Debate		 38
              Recind No Yes Yes No Majority Main Motion Close Debate
Limit Debate		 42
              Resume consideration No Yes No No Majority Main Motion None 44
Incidental Motions
     Motions
          Appeal Yes Yes Yes No Majority Decision of Chair Close Debate
Limit Debate		 82
          Suspend rules No Yes No No 2/3 None None 84
          Consider informally No Yes No No Majority Main Motion None 128
     Requests                
          Point of order Yes No No No None Any error None 87
          Parliamentary inquiry Yes No No No None All Motions None 90
          Withdraw a motion Yes No No No None Main Motions None 94
          Division of question No No No No None Main Motion None 96
          Division of assembly Yes No No No None Indecisive vote None 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Motions are in order only if no motion higher on the list is pending. Thus if a motion to close debate is pending, a motion to amend would be out of order; but a motion to recess would be in order since it outranks the pending motion.
2 Requires a two-thirds vote when it would suppress a motion without debate.
3 Restricted.
4 Withdraw may be applied to all motions.