Purpose of Motions

To present an item of business for consideration and action by the chapter

• Lay on The Table

• Main Motion

• Amend

• Reconsider

Permits the action on a pending question to be postponed to a specific day, meeting, or time, or until after a particular event

• Postpone Definitely

• Refer to a Committee

• Rescind

• Lay on The Table

To temporarily delay action on an item of business

• Postpone Definitely

• Main Motion

• Reconsider

• Lay on the Table

To terminate discussion and secure an immediate vote

• Point of Order

• Reconsider

• Previous Question

• Take from the Table

To temporarily place the action in question in a committee

• Discharge a Committee

• Division of the Assembly

• Refer to a Committee

• Main Motion

To modify the motion that is under consideration

• Amend

• Main Motion

• Previous Question

• Lay on the Table

To enforce the rules by calling attention to a violation of the rules or a mistake in procedure

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Division of the Assembly

• Suspend the Standing Rules

• Point of Order

To obtain a decision from the chapter to a question on which the presiding officer has made a decision

• Suspend the Standing Rules

• Appeal from the Decision of the Chair

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Withdraw/Modify a Motion

To permit the chapter to do something that cannot be done without violating its standing rules

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Point of Order

• Suspend the Standing Rules

• Reconsider

To determine the accuracy of a vote, especially when taken by voice or show of hands

• Appeal from the Decision of the Chair

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Take from the Table

• Division of the Assembly