Motions Flashcards
Debatable and amendable(3)
Main motion
Refer to a committee
Rescind
Undebatable and Unamendable(9)
Lay on the table
Previous question
Point of order
Suspend the standing rules
Division of the assembly
Parliamentary inquiry
Withdraw/modify motion
Adjourn
Take from the table
Motions that are different(5)
Amend
Appeal from the decision of the chair
Nominations
Discharge a committee
Reconsider
A second is NOT required(5)
Point of order
Division of the assembly
Nominations
parliamentary inquiry
Withdraw/modify motion
A second is required(12)
Main motion
Previous question
Lay on the table
Refer to a committee
Amend
Appeal from the decision of the chair
Suspend the standing rules
Adjourn
Take from the table
Discharge a committee
Reconsider
Rescind
May interrupt a speaker(5)
Point of order
Appeal from the decision of the chair
Division of the assembly
Parliamentary inquiry
Withdraw/modify motion
May NOT interrupt a speaker(12)
Main motion
Lay on the table
Previous question
Refer to a committee
Amend
Suspend the standing rules
Nominations
Adjourn
Take from the table
Discharge a committee
Reconsider
Rescind
It may be reconsidered (2)
Main motion
Amend
It may NOT be reconsidered(7)
Lay on the table
Suspend the standing rules
Division of the assembly
parliamentary inquiry
Adjourn
Take from the table
Reconsider
Reconsidered if ….(4)
Previous question
Refer to a committee
Discharge a committee
Rescind
Does not even involve a reconsider(3)
Appeal from the decision of the chair
Nominations
Withdraw/modify motion
Requires a majority vote(7)
Main motion
Refer to a committee
Nominations
Withdraw/modify motion
Adjourn
Take from the table
Reconsider
Requires a two-thirds vote(1)
Previous question
Does not require a vote(6)
Lay on the table
Amend
Point of order
Appeal from the decision of the chair
Division of the assembly
Parliamentary inquiry
Majority or two-thirds vote(3)
Suspend the standing rules
Discharge a committee (First two-thirds then majority if…)
Rescind (First majority then two-thirds if….)
