Types of Motions
What type of motion introduces new business?
What is Main Motion
What vote is required to pass a main motion?
What is Majority
Which ranks higher: Adjourn or Main Motion?
What is Adjourn
What do you say to make a motion?
What is “I move that…”
Can you interrupt someone with a Point of Order?
What is Yes
What kind of motion changes or affects the main motion?
What is Subsidiary Motion
What motion requires a 2/3 vote?
What is Previous Question
Can a motion to amend be applied to an amendment?
What is No
What do you say to support someone’s motion?
What is “I second the motion.”
Is “Lay on the Table” used to kill a motion?
What is No (it’s to set aside temporarily)
What is a privileged motion?
What is Urgent matters not related to current business
What motion stops debate immediately?
What is Previous Question
What is the lowest-ranking motion?
What is Main Motion
What do you say to ask a question about procedure?
What is “I rise to a parliamentary inquiry.”
What motion brings a tabled item back?
What is Take from the Table
What is the purpose of an incidental motion?
What is Deals with rules or procedures
What is the term when members discuss a motion?
What is Debate
Which is higher: Lay on the Table or Refer to Committee?
What is Lay on the Table
What do you say to fix an error during the meeting?
What is “Point of order!”
Can you amend a motion to Recess?
What is Yes
Name the five classes of motions.
What is Main, Subsidiary, Privileged, Incidental, Motions that bring back
Can you debate a motion to adjourn? Why or why not?
What is No, it's a privileged motion and not debatable
What is the rank of the motion to Recess?
What is Privileged motion (below Adjourn)
What do you say to end the meeting?
What is “I move to adjourn.”
What does “division of the house” mean?
What is A request for a counted/standing vote