Senate Rules and Procedure (Amendment) Hotifx

Internal Motion Hotfix Amendment

Section I §3 of The Senate Rules and Procedures Act shall be rewritten in its entirety to state the following:

§3. An internal motion shall be a motion only used while in discussion unless otherwise mentioned by law. Internal motions shall last 12 to 24 hours at the speaker's discretion, or until enough senators have voted in favor or against the motion for it to pass. All internal motions must be put up as quickly as possible by the presiding officer. The following are some internal motions:

§3.1. Motion to suspend rules of debate shall require a 2/3rds majority. It shall suspend any rule of debate stated in the motion surrounding debate in any piece of legislation that is not the constitution and the speaker's decision.

§3.2. Motion to override the speaker's decision shall require a simple majority vote, this motion shall override any decision the speaker unilaterally made that the motion states. This motion may be used outside of discussion if necessary.

§3.3. Motion to end debate shall end any discussion forums on a bill and shall require a simple majority vote. If this motion succeeds after a motion has received a floor vote but before the vote ends, the speaker at their discretion may invalidate that motion's floor vote.

§3.4. Motion to table a motion shall require a simple majority vote. It shall end the discussion forum on the motion without a floor vote.

§3.5. Motion to amend the motion shall require a simple majority vote. If passed, it shall amend the motion with whatever the motion states.

§3.6. Motion to divide shall divide a bill or motion into separate motions as specified by the author requiring a simple majority to pass. If no such specification is given by the author of the motion, the speaker shall decide.

§3.7. Motion to Divide the House shall bar abstaining on the motion in question and shall require a 2/3rds majority vote to pass.

§3.8. The speaker may accept at their discretion any motion or procedure from Roberts Rules of Order or other motions established by senate precedent. They shall not be obligated to accept these motions.