Classification of Motions
Robert's Rules of Order divide motions into five classes:
- Main motions, those that bring business before the assembly when no other motion is pending.
- Subsidiary motions, which affect the main motion being considered.
- Incidental motions, which affect rules and procedures that are not specifically tied to a particular main motion.
- Privileged motions, which are urgent matters that must be dealt with immediately, even if they interrupt pending business.
- Motions that bring a matter again before the assembly.
Classes 2, 3 and 4 are collectively referred to as "secondary motions".
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure treats the fifth class as a type of main motion, under the title "Restorative Main Motions".
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