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standing committee
A permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area
Special Comittee
ad hoc committees, are created by a motion to form a committee to carry out a clearly defined, temporary function. These committees exist until they complete their work and report to the assembly.
TSA executive committee
6 national officers + national advisor
Main Motion
Introduces business to the assembly
Subsidiary Motions
Assist the assembly in handling some other motion.
Privileged Motions
Deal with immediately pressing questions that are not directly relevant to the motion being considered.
Incidental motions
Affect how the assembly considers the current motion, usually by enforcing or changing the rules of order.
Restorative motions
Allow the assembly to reverse or reconsider the decision previously made on some other motion
Postpone Indefinitely
subsidiary
Amend
Subsidiary
Commit/refer
subsidiary
Previous question
subsidiary
Postpone definitely
subsidiary
Limit/Extend Limits of Debate
subsidiary
Lay on the table
subsidiary
Call for the Orders of the Day
privileged
Call for the Orders of the Day (def)
This motion is used to keep the meeting on schedule, with the meeting's agenda
Raise a Question of Privilege
privileged
Recess
privileged
Adjourn
Priviledged
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
privileged
Point of Order
incidental
appeal
Incidental
Suspend the Rules
incidental
Objection to the Consideration of a Question
incidental
Division of the Question
incidental
Division of the question (def)
This motion is used to separate one motion into two or more motions to be considered separately.
Consider by Paragraph
Incidental
Consider by Paragraph (def)
This motion is used to separate a lengthy motion into parts for debate and vote on each piece separately before a vote on the whole.
Division of the Assembly
incidental
Motions Related to Method of Voting and the Polls
Incidental
motions relating to nominations
incidental
Request to Be Excused from a Duty
incidental
Parliamentary Inquiry
incidental
Point of Information
incidental
Request for Permission to Withdraw or Modify a Motion
Incidental
Request to Read Papers (def)
A call from a member to the assembly for permission to read from any paper or book. Reading from a paper or book is not allowed without permission from the assembly.
Request to Read Papers
Incidental
Request for Other Privilege
Incidental
rescind
Restorative
Rescind (def)
Also known as repeal, this motion is used to nullify an adopted resolution, motion, bylaw, section, or paragraph.
Amend Something Previously Adopted
Restorative
Reconsider (def)
This motion allows the assembly to bring back into consideration a motion previously voted on during the same session. This motion can only be made by someone who voted on the winning side of the original motion.
Reconsider
Restorative
Take from the table
Restorative
Discharge a comittee
Restorative
Postpone Indefinitely (vote)
Majority
Amend (vote)
majority
Commit or refer (vote)
Majority
Postpone definitely (vote)
majority
Limit/Extend Debate (vote)
2/3
Lay on the table (vote)
majority
Recess (vote)
majority
Adjourn (vote)
majority
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn (vote)
majority
Appeal (vote)
majority
Objection to the Consideration of a Question (vote)
2/3
Division of the Question (vote)
majority
Consider by paragraph (vote)
Majority
A Request to be Excused from a Duty (vote)
Majority
Request to read papers (vote)
Majority
Previous notice
Notification of members about intent to consider a motion some amount of time before the session, usually at the prior meeting or in the announcement of the meeting.
Rescind (vote)
Majority with notice, or 2/3 without notice
Amend Something Previously Adopted (vote)
Majority with notice, or 2/3 without notice
Reconsider (vote)
Majority
Take from the table (vote)
majority
Discharge a Committee (vote)
Majority with notice, or 2/3 without notice
postpone indefinitely-debatable
Yes
postpone indefinitely-amendable
No
Amend - amendable
Yes
amend-debatable
Yes
Refer to a committee - amendable
Yes
Refer to a Committee - debatable
Yes
postpone definitely-amendable
Yes
Postpone definitely - debatable
Yes
Limit or extend the limits of debate - amendable
Yes
Limit or Extend Limits of Debate - debatable
No
Previous question - amendable
No
Previous question - debatable
No
Lay on the table - amendable
No
Lay on the table - debatable
No
Raise a question of privilege - debatable
No
recess-amendable
Yes
recess-debatable
No
Adjourn - Amendable
No
Adjourn - debatable
No
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn - amendable
Yes
Fix time to which to adjourn - debatable
No
appeal-amendable
No
Appeal - debatable
Yes
Object to the consideration of a question - debatable
No
Suspend the rules - amendable
No
Suspend the rules - debatable
No
Take from the table - debatable
No
Discharge a comittee - amendable
Yes
Discharge a Comittee - debatable
Yes
Rescind - Debateable
Yes
Amend Something Previously Adopted - debatable
Yes
National TSA President
Lane Lamping
National TSA Vice President
Yug Patel
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