Amend_(motion)

Amend (motion)

The motion to amend, in parliamentary procedure, is used to modify another motion.

1 Explanation and Use
- 1.1 Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
2 See also
3 References

Explanation and Use

**Amend (RONR)**
Class	Subsidiary motion
In order when another has the floor	No
Second	Yes
Debatable	Yes, if motion to be amended is debatable
Amendable	Yes
Vote Required	Majority
Reconsider	Yes

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)

Any main motion and any motion to amend may be amended. In addition, secondary motions that, by their nature, include a variable element, also may be amended. For example, the motion to postpone may be amended as to the length of the postponement; the motion to limit or extend limits of debate may be amended as to the number or length of speeches or the total time to be consumed; and the motion to commit or refer may be amended as to the details of the committee or the time within which the committee must report.

The motion to amend takes three basic forms:

Inserting or adding words or paragraphs.
Striking out words or paragraphs.
Striking out words and inserting or adding others, or substituting an entire paragraph or complete resolution for another.

It is acceptable to amend a motion, and to amend an amendment, but it is not acceptable to amend an amendment to an amendment.^[1]. A Substitute Amendment is an amendment that would replace existing language of a bill or another amendment with its own ^[2].

An amendment can be used to water down a motion into a form that is more likely to be accepted or to convert it into a form that is more likely to be rejected.^[3]

References

^ Robert, Henry M. (2000). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 10th ed., p. 126 (RONR)
^ http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
^ RONR, p.150

v • d • e Parliamentary Procedure

Major concepts	Deliberative assembly · Motions · Main motion · Quorum · Session

Subsidiary motions	Postpone indefinitely · Amend · Commit · Postpone to a certain time · Limit or extend limits of debate · Previous question · Lay on the table

Privileged motions	Call for the orders of the day · Raise a question of privilege · Recess · Adjourn · Fix the time to which to adjourn

Incidental motions	Point of order · Appeal · Suspend the rules · Objection to the consideration of a question · Division of a question · Consideration by paragraph or seriatim · Division of the assembly · Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls · Motions relating to nominations

Incidental motions (Requests and inquiries)	Parliamentary inquiry · Point of information · Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion · Request to read papers · Request to be excused from a duty · Request for any other privilege

Motions that bring a question again before the assembly	Take from the table · Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted · Discharge a committee · Reconsider

Legislative procedure	Call of the house · Hoist · Pass on

Disciplinary procedures	Censure · Declare the chair vacant · Impeach

Parliamentary authorities	Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) · The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC) · Demeter's Manual · Riddick's Rules of Procedure · Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure

Other concepts	Committee · Committee of the whole · Dilatory motions and tactics · Minutes · Second · History of parliamentary procedure · Principles of parliamentary procedure

Contents

Explanation and Use

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)

See also

References