Appendix C
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF Common Motions On house FLOOR
Motions1 Time Vote
Adjourn Not If no quorum present, debatable Speaker and 3 members may adjourn; if quorum present, Majority Vote
Adjourn to a Not Majority Vote Specific Time∗ debatable
Adoption of 30 Majority Vote Conference minutes Committee Report per side
Adoption of Joint 30 Majority Vote Committee Report minutes per side
1 Disclaimer: this list of motions IS NOT arranged in order of precedence; see § 10.1 of House Rules. It should be remembered that there are an unlimited number of motions; see Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure 143 § 181, (National Conference of State Legislatures 2010). ∗ Motion is amendable.
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Adoption of 7 ½ 2/3 membership (68) Emergency minutes per side
Advance from Not Majority Vote General Order debatable
Advance the Not Majority Vote Question debatable
Amendment to 7 ½ Majority if House Rules minutes recommended by per side Rules Committee; otherwise, 2/3 of membership (68)
Amendments to 7 ½ Majority Vote Bills or minutes Resolutions∗ per side
Appeal of Chair 5 minutes Majority Vote for appealing member to explain reasons
∗ Motion is amendable.
472
Appendix C – Motions on House Floor
Bills and Joint 30 Majority of House Resolutions on minutes Membership (51) Final Passage∗ per side
Call of House Not Speaker, seconded by debatable 5 members if quorum not present; 15 seconds if quorum present
Commit to 7 ½ Majority Vote Committee with minutes Instructions* per side
Commit to Not Majority Vote Committee debatable without Instructions
Demand Roll Call Not 1/15 of members applicable present or upon order of Presiding Officer
Extend Debate* Not Majority Vote debatable
∗ Motion is amendable.
473
House Rules
Postpone 7 ½ Majority Vote Indefinitely minutes per side
Postpone to a Time 7 ½ Majority Vote Certain∗ minutes per side
Previous Question Not Majority Vote debatable
Recess to Certain Not Majority Vote Time* debatable
Reconsideration of 7 ½ Majority Vote Amendments minutes per side
Reconsideration of 7 ½ Majority of Bills and Joint minutes membership (51) Resolutions per side
Reconsideration of 7 ½ Majority of Emergency minutes membership (51) per side
∗ Motion is amendable.
474
Appendix C – Motions on House Floor
Reconsideration of 7 ½ Majority of Simple or minutes membership (51) Concurrent per side Resolutions
Simple or 15 Majority Vote Concurrent minutes Resolutions on per side Final Passage∗
Suspension of Not 2/3 membership (68) Rules debatable
Table Not Majority Vote debatable
Veto Override 15 2/3 membership minutes (68); 3/4 per side membership, if Emergency (76)
∗ Motion is amendable.
475