| Type | Motion | Purpose | Second Required? | Debatable? | Amendable? | Required Vote | May Interrupt? |
| Privileged | 24. Fix time for reassembling | To arrange time of next meeting
| Yes | Yes-T | Yes-T | Majority | Yes |
| 23. Adjourn | To dismiss the meeting | Yes | No | Yes-T | Majority | No |
| 22. Recess | To dismiss the meeting for a specific length of time | Yes | Yes | Yes-T | Majority | No |
| 21. Rise to a question of privilege | To make a personal request during debate | No | No | No | Decision of
the Chair | Yes |
| 20. Call for orders of the day | To force consideration of a postponed motion | No | No | No | Decision of
the Chair | Yes |
| Incidental | 19. Appeal a decision of the chair | To reverse a decision | Yes | No | No | Majority | Yes |
| 18. Rise to a point of order or parliamentary procedure | To correct a parliamentary error or ask a question | No | No | No | Decision of
the Chair | Yes |
| 17. Division of the chamber | To verify a voice vote | No | No | No | Decision of
the Chair | Yes |
16. Object to the consideration
of a question | To suppress action | No | No | No | 2/3 | Yes |
| 15. Divide a motion | To consider its parts separately | Yes | No | Yes | Majority | No |
14. Leave to modify or
withdraw a motion | To modify or withdraw a motion | No | No | No | Majority | No |
| 13. Suspend the rules | To take action contrary to standing rules | Yes | No | No | 2/3 | No |
| Subsidiary | 12. Rescind | To repeal previous action | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2/3 | No |
| 11. Reconsider | To consider a defeated motion again | Yes | Yes | No | Majority | No |
| 10. Take from the table | To consider tabled motion | Yes | No | No | Majority | No |
| 9. Lay on the table | To defer action | Yes | No | No | Majority | No |
| 8. Previous question | To force an immediate vote | Yes | No | No | 2/3 | No |
| 7. Limit or extend debate | To modify freedom of debate | Yes | Yes | Yes-T | 2/3 | No |
| 6. Postpone to a certain time | To defer action | Yes | Yes | Yes | Majority | Yes |
| 5. Refer to a committee * | For further study | Yes | Yes | Yes | Majority | Yes |
| 4. Amend an amendment ° | To modify an amendment | 1/3 | Yes | No | Majority | No |
| 3. Amend ° | To modify a motion | 1/3 | Yes | Yes | Majority | No |
| 2. Postpone indefinitely | To suppress action | Yes | Yes | No | Majority | No |
| Main | 1. Main motion | To introduce a business | Yes | Yes | Yes | Majority | No |
