TSA Chapter Team

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