ROBERTS RULES CHEAT SHEET
To: You say: Interrupt
Speaker
Second
Needed
Debatable Amendable Vote
Needed
Adjourn "I move that we adjourn" No Yes No No Majority
Recess "I move that we recess until…" No Yes No Yes Majority Complain about noise, room
temp., etc.
"Point of privilege" Yes No No No Chair
Decides
Suspend further consideration of
something
"I move that we table it" No Yes No No Majority
End debate "I move the previous question" No Yes No No 2/3 Postpone consideration of
something
"I move we postpone this matter
until…"
No Yes Yes Yes Majority
Amend a motion "I move that this motion be amended
by…"
No Yes Yes Yes Majority
Introduce business (a primary
motion)
"I move that…" No Yes Yes Yes Majority
The above listed motions and points are listed in established order of precedence. When any one of them is pending, you may not introduce another that is listed below, but you may introduce another that is listed above it.
To: You say: Interrupt
Speaker
Second
Needed
Debatable Amendable Vote Needed
Object to procedure or
personal affront
"Point of order" Yes No No No Chair decides
Request information "Point of information" Yes No No No None Ask for vote by actual count
to verify voice vote
"I call for a division of the house" Must be done
before new
motion
No No No None unless
someone
objects
Object to considering some
undiplomatic or improper
matter
"I object to consideration of this
question"
Yes No No No 2/3
Take up matter previously
tabled
"I move we take from the table…" Yes Yes No No Majority Reconsider something
already disposed of
"I move we now (or later) reconsider
our action relative to…"
Yes Yes Only if original
motion was
debatable
No Majority
Consider something out of its
scheduled order
"I move we suspend the rules and
consider…"
No Yes No No 2/3
Vote on a ruling by the Chair "I appeal the Chair’s decision" Yes Yes Yes No Majority The motions, points and proposals listed above have no established order of preference; any of them may be introduced at any time except when meeting is considering one of the top three matters listed from the first chart (Motion to Adjourn, Recess or Point of Privilege).
Source: https://www.norcocollege.edu/sd/ie/sp/Documents/Governance_Resources/Roberts-Rules-Cheat-Sheet-and-Citations-Fall21.pdf