2025 FFA Parli Pro Motions

What are the 4 categories of motions?

1. Privileged Motions

2. Subsidiary Motions

3. Incidental Motions

4. Motions that bring a Question Before the Assembly

What are the Privileged Motions?

1. Fix the Time at Which to Adjourn

2. Adjourn

3. Recess

4. Raise a Question of Privilege

5. Call for the Orders of the Day

What are the Subsidiary Motions?

1. Lay on the Table

2. Previous Question

3. Limit/Extend Time of Debate

4. Postpone to a Certain Time

5. Refer/Commit to a Committee

6. Amend

7. Postpone Indefinitely

8. Main Motion

What are the Incidental Motions?

1. Appeal

2. Division of the Assembly

3. Division of a Question

4. Object to the Consideration of a Question

5. Parliamentary Inquiry

6. Point of Order

7. Request for Information

8. Suspend the Rules

9. Withdraw a Motion

What are the Motions that bring a Question Before the Assembly?

1. Reconsider

2. Rescind

3. Take from the Table

What type of motion is Fix the Time at Which to Adjourn?

Privileged Motion

What type of motion is Adjourn?

Privileged Motion

What type of motion is Recess?

Privileged Motion

What type of motion is Raise a Question of Privilege?

Privileged Motion

What type of motion is Call for the orders of the Day?

Privileged Motion

What type of motion is Lay on the Table?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Previous Question?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Limit/Extend Time of Debate?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Postpone to a Certain Time?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Refer/Commit to a Committee?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Amend?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Postpone Indefinitely?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Main Motion?

Subsidiary Motion

What type of motion is Appeal?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Division of the Assembly?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Division of a Question?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Object to the Consideration of a Motion?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Parliamentary Inquiry?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Point of Order?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Request for Information?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Suspend the Rules?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Withdraw a Motion?

Incidental Motion

What type of motion is Reconsider?

Motions that bring a Question Before the Assembly

What type of motion is Rescind?

Motions that bring a Question Before the Assembly

What type of motion is Take from the Table?

Motions that bring a Question Before the Assembly

What are the four salient points?

1. Does it require a 2nd?

2. Is it debatable?

3. Is it amendable?

4. What type of vote does it require?

What are the salient points for Fix the Time at Which to Adjourn?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Adjourn?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Recess?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Raise a Question of Privilege?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Chair Decision

What are the salient points for Lay on the Table?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Previous Question?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. 2/3 Vote

What are the salient points for Limit/Extend Time of Debate?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. IS amendable

4. 2/3 Vote

What are the salient points for Postpone to a Certain Time?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS Debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Refer/Commit to a Committee?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Amend?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Postpone Indefinitely?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Main Motion?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Appeal?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable (if motion being appealed is debatable)

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Division of the Assembly?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. No vote, is a demand (changed voting method to standing)

What are the salient points for Division of a Question?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Object to the Consideration of a Question?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. 2/3 vote

What are the salient points for Parliamentary Inquiry?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Chair Decision

What are the salient points for Point of Order?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Chair Decision

What are the salient points for Request for Information?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Chair Decision

What are the salient points for Suspend the Rules?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Withdraw a Motion?

1. Does NOT require a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Reconsider?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable (if motion being considered is debatable)

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What are the salient points for Rescind?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. IS debatable

3. IS amendable

4. Majority with prior notice, 2/3 without prior notice

What are the salient points for Take from the Table?

1. Requires a 2nd

2. NOT debatable

3. NOT amendable

4. Majority Vote

What does the motion "Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn" do?

Set the time for when the meeting will end

What does the motion "Adjourn" do?

End the meeting

What does the motion "Recess" do?

Take a brief break from the session

What does the motion "Question of Privilege" do?

Address an issue with the assembly or its members (ex. Can we open a window?)

What does the motion "Call for the Orders of the Day" do?

Request that the meeting returns to its scheduled agenda

What does the motion "Lay on the Table" do?

Move the motion aside for later consideration

What does the motion "Previous Question" do.

End the debating period and move to voting

What does the motion "Limit/Extend Time of Debate" do?

Set the amount of debates that can be had for the rest of the period

What does the motion "Postpone to a Certain Time" do?

Move motion to a certain time or date

What does the motion "Refer to a Committee" do?

Move the motion to the agenda of a separate assembly/committee

What does the motion "Amend" do?

Change the wording of the main motion

What does the motion "Postpone Indefinitely" do?

Kill the motion without a direct vote

What does the motion "Main Motion" do?

Bring a topic for debate before the assembly

What does the motion "Appeal" do?

Overturn/change a chair decision

What does the motion "Division of the Assembly" do?

Change the voting method to a more defined vote (Standing or Role Call)

What does the motion 'Division of a Question" do?

Breakdown a motion into separate pieces (1 large motion to multiple small motions)

What does the motion "Object to the Consideration of a Question" do?

Stop the consideration of a motion if it is deemed outrageous, irrelevant, or unprofitable

What does the motion "Parliamentary Inquiry" do?

Ask the salient points of a specific motion

What does the motion "Point of Order" do?

Call out a mistake in parliamentary procedure

What does the motion "Request for Information" do?

Ask the chair for further information regarding the motion (ex. the date of an event)

What does the motion "Suspend the Rules" do?

Temporarily set aside a standing rule to take action that otherwise couldn't be completed

What does the motion "Withdraw a Motion" do?

Remove a motion from the floor before it has been voted upon

What does the motion "Reconsider" do?

Allows a group to revisit a decision made earlier in the same meeting

What does the motion "Rescind" do?

Cancel or nullify a previously adopted action or order (take back an action)

What does the motion "Take from the Table" do?

Bring a motion to the floor that has previously been layed on the table