Parliamentary Procedure Cheat Sheet
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4Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance
(Based on The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis)
Principal Motions (Listed in Order of Precedence)
TO DO THIS
YOU SAY THIS
May You
Must You Be
Is The Motion
What Vote is
Interrupt
Seconded?
Debatable?
Required?
Speaker?
*Adjourn the meeting
"I move the meeting be
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
adjourned"
(RESTRICTED)
*Recess the meeting
"I move that the
NO
YES
YES**
MAJORITY
meeting be recessed
until..."
Complain about noise,
"I rise to the question of
YES
NO
NO
NONE
room temperature, etc.
personal privilege"
Postpone temporarily
"I move that this motion
NO
YES
NO
MAJORITY
(Table)
be tabled"
(REQUIRES
TWO-THIRDS
IF IT WOULD
SUPPRESS)
End debate
"I move to vote
NO
YES
NO
TWO-THIRDS
immediately"
*Limit debate
"I move that each
NO
YES
YES**
TWO-THIRDS
speaker be limited to a
total of two minutes per
discussion"
*Postpone consideration
"I move to postpone this
NO
YES
YES**
MAJORITY
of an item to a certain
item until 2:00pm..."
time
*Have something
"I move this matter be
NO
YES
YES**
MAJORITY
referred to committee
referred to…"
*Amend a motion
"I move to amend this
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
motion by…"
*Introduce business (the
"I move that..."
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
Main Motion)
*Amend a previous
"I move to amend the
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
action
motion that was
adopted..."
Ratify action taken in
"I move to ratify the
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
absence of a quorum or
action taken by
in an emergency
the Council..."
Reconsider
"I move to reconsider..."
YES
YES
YES**
MAJORITY
Rescind (a main motion)
"I move to rescind the
NO
YES
YES
MAJORITY
motion..."
Resume consideration of
"I move to resume
NO
YES
NO
MAJORITY
a tabled item
consideration of...?
*Amendable
**Debatable if no Other Motion is Pending
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