Parliamentary Procedure Motions

Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

to set the date and hour for another meeting to continue business of the session, with no effect on when the present meeting will adjourn

- must be seconded

- not debatable

- requires majority vote

"I move that when this meeting adjourns, it stand adjourned to meet at 8pm on December 19th in the Ag Shop"

Appeal

taking the question from the chair and vested in the assembly for final decision

- must be seconded

- is debatable (unless it is made when an undebatable question in pending or involved)

- is not amendable

- requires majority vote

- to be made at the time of the chair's ruling

Member: "I appeal from the decision of the chair. (Second)

Chair: The decision of the chair is appealed from

Chair states clearly the question at issue.

Chair: "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?"

Those in favor of sustaining the chairs decision ..

Suspend the Rules

When the assembly wishes to do something during a meeting that will violate one or more regular rules

- must be seconded

- not debatable

- requires a 2/3 vote

"I move to suspend the rules and take up the item now that is under new business"

Withdraw a motion

To take back a motion - must be presented before the motion has been stated by the chair

"Madam President, I withdraw the motion"

Chair: "The motion has been withdrawn"

Object to consideration

enables the assembly to avoid the main motion altogether when it believes it would be strongly undesirable for the motion even to come before the assembly.

- Does not require a second

- Is not debatable

- Is not amendable

- Requires 2/3 vote *rising

"Madam President, I object to the consideration of the motion"

Chair: Object to consideration has been called. All those in favor of considering the motion ..

Division of Question

To divide the main motion into 2 parts

"I move to divide the main motion into 2 parts so that the first part reads ... and so that the second part reads ..."

- Requires a second

- Is not debatable

- Is amendable

- Requires a majority vote

Request for Information

Requesting information about the main motion

"Madam President, I have a request for information"

Chair: State your request

"What date will this event take place?"

Chair: member name as the maker of this motion, can you please answer the request?

Lay on the Table

Enables the assembly to lay the pending question aside temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen or when something else needs to be addressed before the pending question

- must be seconded

- is not debatable

- not amendable

- requres a majority vote

"Madam president, I move to lay the motion on the table"

Chair: It is moved and seconded to lay the pending motion on the table

Take from the Table

Make pending again before the assembly a motion that has previously been laid on the table

- must be seconded

- is not debatable

- is not amendable

- requires a majority vote

"Madam President, I rise for the purpose of moving to take a question from the table"

Reconsider

to bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on. the member moving to reconsider must have voted on the prevailing side of the quesiton to be considered. the making of this motion must be subjected to time limits

- must be seconded

- non amendable

- non debatable/debatable

- majority vote

"I move to reconsider the vote on the resolution relating to ..."

Chair: The member moving the reconsideration must state how they voted on the resolution.

It is moved and seconded to reconsider the vote on the following resolution ...