Parliamentary Procedure Cheat Sheet
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1PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE CHEAT SHEET
To…
You say…
Interrupt
Second
Debatable?
Amendable?
Vote
Speaker?
Needed?
Needed
“I move that we
Adjourn
No
Yes
No
No
Majority
adjourn.”
“I move that we
Recess
No
Yes
No
Yes
Majority
recess until…”
“I move that we
Suspend further
No
Yes
No
No
Majority
table it.”
consideration of
something
“I move that we
Postpone
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Majority
consideration of
postpone this
matter until…”
something
“I move the
End debate
No
Yes
No
No
Two-thirds
previous
question.”
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“I move that
Amend a motion
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Majority
this motion be
amended by…”
“Point of
Request Information
Yes
No
No
No
None
information”
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Amending a motion is different from amending a resolution. No amendment to a resolution (other than an amendment made by the mover in moving the resolution or made by
unanimous consent) is in order until the mover, an opponent, a proponent, and another opponent, if there are any, have debated the resolution.
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