Motion

Needed

Debatable

Amended?

Vote Required to Pass the Motion

Reconsidered

Main motion or question

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To adopt, accept or approve

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To reconsider a debatable motion

Yes

Yes

No

Majority

No

To reconsider an undebatable motion

Yes

No

No

Majority

No

To rescind or repeal

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

Negative result only

To remove or take from the table

Yes

No

No

Majority

No

To discharge a committee when there is no deadline by which it must report

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

Negative result only

To discharge a committee when it fails to report by an assigned deadline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Negative result only

To amend a debatable motion

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To amend an undebatable motion

Yes

No

Yes

Majority

Yes

To amend a debatable amendment or an amendment to a debatable motion

Yes

Yes

No

Majority

Yes

To amend an undebatable amendment or an amendment to an undebatable motion

Yes

No

No

Majority

Yes

To suspend the rules

Yes

No

No

2/3

No

To hold emergency proceedings

Yes

No

No

2/3

No

To amend something previously adopted

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

Negative result only

To raise a point of information

No

No

No

No vote required

No

To raise a parliamentary inquiry

No

No

No

No vote required

No

To raise a point of order

No

No

No

No vote required

No

To limit debate

Yes

No

Yes

2/3

Yes

To extend the limits of debate

Yes

No

Yes

2/3

Yes

To divide the question

Yes

No

Yes

Majority

No

To refer or send to committee

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To send back to committee

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To table

Yes

No

No

Majority

No

To postpone for a specified amount of time

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To postpone until a specified time

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To postpone indefinitely

Yes

Yes

No

Majority

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

Yes

Yes

No

Majority

No

To correct the minutes before they have been approved

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To correct the minutes after they have been approved

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

Negative result only

To approve minutes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Yes

To close nominations

Yes

Yes

Yes

2/3

No

To reopen nominations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Majority

Negative result only

To adjourn

Yes

No

No

Majority

No

To move the previous question

Yes

No

No

2/3

Yes

To call for the question

No

No

No

No vote required

No