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11.1—Motions; How Made
RULE ELEVEN—MOTIONS
Every motion shall be made orally, except when requested by the Speaker to be
reduced to writing.
11.2—Precedence of Motions During Debate
(a) When a question is under debate, the Speaker or the Chair of a
committee or subcommittee shall receive no motion except:
(1) To adjourn at a time certain.
(2) To adjourn.
(3) To recess to a time certain.
(4) To lay on the table.
(5) To reconsider.
(6) For the previous question.
(7) To limit debate.
(8) To temporarily postpone.
(9) To postpone to a time or day certain.
(10) To refer to or to recommit to committee or subcommittee.
(11) To amend.
(12) To amend by removing the enacting or resolving clause.
(b) Such motions shall have precedence in the descending order given.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(10) above, the Motion to Withdraw
or Refer a Bill pursuant to House Rule 11.11 and the Motion to Refer or
Recommit pursuant to House Rule 11.12 are not available in committee or
subcommittee.
11.3—Questions of Order Decided without Debate
The Speaker shall decide, without debate, all procedural questions of order that
arise when a motion is before the House or on appeal.
11.4—Division of Question
If a question before the House is susceptible of separation into two or more
parts, any member may call for a division of the question so that each part may
be voted on separately. However, a motion to remove and insert cannot be
divided.
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