Parliamentary Procedure Table Motion

Second Needed

It is Debateable

Can it be ammended?

Vote Required to Pass the Motion

Can it be Reconsidered?

Main motion or question To adopt, accept or approve To reconsider a debatable motion To reconsider an undebatable motion To rescind or repeal To remove or take from the table To discharge a committee when there is no deadline by which it must report To discharge a committee when it fails to report by an assigned deadline To amend a debatable motion To amend an undebatable motion To amend a debatable amendment or an amendment to a debatable motion To amend an undebatable amendment or an amendment to an undebatable motion To suspend the rules To hold emergency proceedings To amend something previously adopted To raise a point of information

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes

Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes

Majority Majority Majority Majority 2/3 Majority 2/3

Yes Yes No No Negative result only No Negative result only

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Negative result only

Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes

Yes Yes No

Majority Majority Majority

Yes Yes Yes

Yes

No

No

Majority

Yes

Yes Yes Yes No

No No Yes No

No No Yes No

2/3 2/3 2/3 Not a motion No Vote Required

No No Negative result only No

To raise a parliamentary inquiry

No

No

No

Not a motion No Vote Required

No

To raise a point of order

No

No

No

Not a motion No Vote Required

No

To limit debate To extend the limits of debate To divide the question To refer or send to committee

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

2/3 2/3 Majority Majority

Yes Yes No Yes

To send back to committee To table To postpone for a specified amount of time To postpone until a specified time To postpone indefinitely

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes No

Majority Majority Majority Majority Majority

Yes No Yes Yes Affirmative vote only

To call for division

No

No

No

Call for division by one (1) person forces re-vote

No

To appeal a decision of the chairperson

Yes

Yes

No

Majority voting negative reverses Chairperson's decision

Yes

To dispense with reading of the minutes To correct the minutes before they have been approved To correct the minutes after they have been approved To approve minutes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No Yes

Majority Majority

No Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

Negative result only

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To close nominations To reopen nominations To adjourn To move the previous question To call for the question

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes No No No

Yes Yes No No No

Majority Majority 2/3 Not a motion No Vote Required

No Negative result only No Yes No