Orders of the Day. A call for the Orders of the Day takes precedence of every other motion, excepting to Reconsider [§ 27], and the three preceding, to which latter three it yields, and is not debatable, nor can it be amended. It does not require to be seconded.
When one or more subjects have been assigned to a particular day or hour, they become the Orders of the Day for that day or hour, and they cannot be considered before that time, except by a two-thirds vote [§ 39]. And when that day or hour arrives, if called up, they take precedence of all but the three preceding questions [§§ 10, 11, 12]. Instead of considering them, the assembly may appoint another time for their consideration. If not taken up on the day specified, the order falls to the ground.
When the Orders of the Day are taken up, it is necessary to take up the separate questions in their exact order, the one first assigned to the day or hour, taking precedence of one afterwards assigned to the same day or hour. (A motion to take up a particular part of the Orders of the Day, or a certain question, is not a privileged motion). Any of the subjects, when taken up, instead of being then considered, can be assigned to some other time.
The Form of this question, as put by the Chair when the proper time arrives, or on the call of a member, is, "Shall the Order of the Day be taken up?" or, "Will the assembly now proceed with the Orders of the Day?"
The Effect of an affirmative vote on a call for the Orders of the Day, is to remove the question under consideration from before the assembly, the same as if it had been interrupted by an adjournment [§ 11].
The Effect of a negative vote is to dispense with the orders merely so far as they interfere with the consideration of the question then before the assembly.
Original Main Motion: Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, Majority
Postpone Indefinitely: Requires Second, Debatable, Majority
Amend: Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, Majority
Refer to Committee: Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, Majority
Postpone to a Certain Time (Postpone Definitely): Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, Majority
Limit or Extend Limits of Debate: Requires Second, Amendable, 2/3
Previous Question (Close Debate): Requires Second, 2/3
Lay on the Table: Requires Second, Majority
Call for Orders of the Day: Can Interrupt speaker, -
Raise a Question of Privilege: Can Interrupt speaker, -
Take a Recess: Requires Second, Amendable, Majority
Adjourn: Requires Second, Majority
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn: Requires Second, Amendable, Majority
Point of Order: Can Interrupt speaker, -
Appeal: Can Interrupt speaker, Requires Second, Debatable, Majority
Questions or Points of Information: Can Interrupt speaker, -
Suspend the Rules: Requires Second, 2/3
Object to Consideration: Can Interrupt speaker, 2/3
Division of a Question: Requires Second, Amendable, Majority
Consideration by Paragraph-Seriatim: Requires Second, Amendable, Majority
Division of the Assembly: Can Interrupt speaker, -
Rescind: Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, 2/3
Reconsider: Requires Second, Debatable, Amendable, 2/3