Motion that brings a question again before the assembly

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Motions that bring a question again before the assembly are types of motions in parliamentary procedure that are used to consider again a question that was previously disposed of.

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised groups four motions under the classification name of Motions that bring a question again before the assembly, because by their adoption or by their introduction, they serve the function described by the name of the class.[1]

Except for the motion to Reconsider, these motions are main motions and can only be made when no business is pending.

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

In its 4th edition, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC) classifies five "bring back" motions under the classification of main motions but lists them under the title of "Restorative Main Motions".[2] Unlike RONR, TSC treats the motion to rescind and the motion to amend something previously adopted as two distinct motion forms under the "Restorative Main Motions" title. The RONR motion to discharge a committee is not used under TSC, because that manual allows a motion previously referred to committee to be withdrawn from the committee by the assembly. TSC does include the motion to ratify in this group; RONR classifies ratify as an incidental main motion.[3]

Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure

In 1969, George Demeter, in his book, Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure, devised a new parliamentary term, "restoratory", for a group of six motions that restored or brought a question back before the assembly.[4] Previous to this time, various parliamentary manuals had referred to these individual motions as "unclassified," "miscellaneous," "certain other," or "specific" motions etc.

These "restoratory" motions are quasi-main motions that restore the status quo of a question; that is, they bring a question back to its original status—as it was prior to the last vote on it.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Robert, Henry M. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th ed., p. 74-76 (RONR)
  2. ↑ Sturgis, Alice (2001). The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 4th ed., p. 16–17
  3. ↑ RONR, p. 101
  4. ↑ Demeter, p. 152
  5. ↑ Demeter, George (1969). Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure, Blue Book, p. 48


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