Restoratory Motions

Restoratory motions are a group of four to six similar motions (depending on the parliamentary authority

Parliamentary authority

A parliamentary authority is a manual on parliamentary law, containing rules of order for the transaction of business in deliberative assemblies...

) that do not belong in any of the three long-standing motion classes of subsidiary

Subsidiary motion

A subsidiary motion, in parliamentary procedure, is a type of motion by which a deliberative assembly deals directly with a main motion prior to voting on the main motion itself.-Explanation:...

, privileged

Privileged motion

A privileged motion is a motion in parliamentary procedure that is granted precedence over ordinary business because it concerns matters of great importance or urgency...

 or incidental

Incidental motion

An incidental motion, in parliamentary procedure, is one of a category of motions that relate in varying ways to the main motion and other parliamentary motions.-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...

 motions. These "restoratory" motions are quasi-main motions that restore the status quo of a question; that is, they bring a question back to its original status -- as it was prior to the last vote on it.

Restoratory motions (Demeter):

• Ratify
• Expunge
  Rescind and expunge from the minutes
  The motion to rescind and expunge from the minutes is used to express the strongest disapproval about action previously taken by a deliberative assembly.-Roberts Rules of Order Revised :This motion requires a vote of a majority of the entire membership....
  
  
• Rescind
  Rescind or amend something previously adopted
  The motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used in parliamentary procedure to cancel or countermand a previous action or order.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...
  
  
• Reconsider and Enter
  Reconsider and enter on the minutes
  The motion to reconsider and enter on the minutes is a special form of the motion to reconsider that automatically halts a passed motion from taking effect until it is called up at another meeting, which cannot be held on the same day...
  
  
• Reconsider
  Reconsider
  In parliamentary law, reconsideration of a motion takes places upon a motion to bring back for further consideration a matter previously decided...
  
  
• Take from the table
  Table (parliamentary)
  In parliamentary procedure, a motion to table has two different and contradictory meanings:*In the United States, table usually means the motion to lay on the table or motion to postpone consideration; a proposal to suspend consideration of a pending motion...
  
  

Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure

In 1969, George Demeter

George Demeter

George Demeter is the author of Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure. The second Wednesday in April has been designated as George Demeter Day in Massachusetts.-Works:*Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure, 2nd edition, 1949...

, in his book, Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure

Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure

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, devised a new parliamentary term, "restoratory", for a group of six motions that restored or brought a question back before the assembly. Previous to this time, various parliamentary manuals had referred to these individual motions as "unclassified," "miscellaneous," "certain other," or "specific" motions etc.

Bring a Question back motions (RONR):

• Rescind or amend something previously adopted
  Rescind or amend something previously adopted
  The motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used in parliamentary procedure to cancel or countermand a previous action or order.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...
  
  
• Discharge a committee
  Discharge a committee
  The motion to discharge a committee is used to take a matter out of a committee's hands before the committee has made a final report on it.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...
  
  
• Reconsider
  Reconsider
  In parliamentary law, reconsideration of a motion takes places upon a motion to bring back for further consideration a matter previously decided...
  
  
• Take from the table
  Table (parliamentary)
  In parliamentary procedure, a motion to table has two different and contradictory meanings:*In the United States, table usually means the motion to lay on the table or motion to postpone consideration; a proposal to suspend consideration of a pending motion...
  
  

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised

Starting with the 7th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised

Robert's Rules of Order

Robert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly written by Brig. Gen...

, RONR grouped four similar motions under the classification name of Motions that bring a question again before the assembly, because by their adoption or by their introduction, they serve the function described by the name of the class..

Restorative motions (TSC):

• Amend a previously action
  Rescind or amend something previously adopted
  The motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used in parliamentary procedure to cancel or countermand a previous action or order.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...
  
  
• Ratify
• Reconsider
  Reconsider
  In parliamentary law, reconsideration of a motion takes places upon a motion to bring back for further consideration a matter previously decided...
  
  
• Rescind
  Rescind or amend something previously adopted
  The motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used in parliamentary procedure to cancel or countermand a previous action or order.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...
  
  
• Resume Consideration
  Table (parliamentary)
  In parliamentary procedure, a motion to table has two different and contradictory meanings:*In the United States, table usually means the motion to lay on the table or motion to postpone consideration; a proposal to suspend consideration of a pending motion...
  
  

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

In its 4th edition, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure is a book of rules of order. It is the second most popular parliamentary authority in the United States after Robert's Rules of Order. It was first published in 1950...

 classifies five "bring back" motions under the classification of main motion

Main motion

A main motion, in parliamentary procedure, is a motion that brings business before the assembly. Main motions are made while no other motion is pending...

s but lists them under the title of Restorative Main Motions. Unlike RONR, TSC treats the motion to rescind and the motion to amend something previously adopted as two distinct motion forms under the Restorative Main Motion title. The RONR motion to 'discharge a committee' is not used under TSC, because that manual allows a motion previously referred to committee

Commit (motion)

The motion to commit , in parliamentary procedure, is used to refer another motion—usually a main motion -- to a committee.-Explanation and Use:...

 to be withdrawn from the committee by the assembly. TSC does include the motion to ratify in this group; RONR classifies ratify as an incidental main motion.