a. The following motions shall be decided by simple “8.11 majority unless otherwise specified and without debate after any short remarks the Speaker permits: to adjourn; to recede; to continue; to lay on the table; for the previous question (unless it is made when a member has the floor and then it requires a majority plus five); to adjourn debate; to commit or recommit; to resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole; to proceed to the orders of the day; to recur to the morning hour; to fix the hour to which the House shall next meet; to grant free conference powers; to divide the question. b. The following motions shall not be permitted at the same stage of the bill or proposition until one hour of time has elapsed since the same question was negatived: for the previous question; to lay on the table; to adjourn debate; to continue; to commit or recommit; to recur to the morning hour.” XX
“8.11 a. The following motions shall be decided by simple majority unless otherwise specified and without debate after any short remarks the Speaker permits: to adjourn; to recede; to continue; to lay on the table; for the previous question (unless it is made when a member has the floor and then it requires a majority plus five); to adjourn debate; to commit or recommit; to resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole; to proceed to the orders of the day; to recur to the morning hour; to fix the hour to which the House shall next meet; to grant free conference powers; to divide the question. b. The following motions shall not be permitted at the same stage of the bill or proposition until one hour of time has elapsed since the same question was negatived: for the previous question; to lay on the table; to adjourn debate; to continue; to commit or recommit; to recur to the morning hour.” XX
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