Appendix C

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF Common Motions On house

Motions1 Time Vote

Adjourn Not If no present, debatable Speaker and 3 members may adjourn; if quorum present, Vote

Adjourn to a Not Majority Vote Specific Time∗ debatable

Adoption of 30 Majority Vote Conference 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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