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  2. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure - Wikipedia

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    In April 2012, a new book, entitled American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (AIPSC) was released, followed by a second edition in 2023. The Standard Code (TSC) omits several of the motions and sometimes-confusing terminology used in Robert's Rules of Order (RONR). The cover quote of the 2001 edition ...

  3. American Institute of Parliamentarians - Wikipedia

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    The written examination contains multiple choice, short answer, essay questions, and scripting on procedures covered in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. [10] There are approximately 50 active (non-retired) CPs worldwide. [citation needed]

  4. Parliamentary authority - Wikipedia

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    A poll by Jim Slaughter surveyed American Certified Professional Parliamentarians (CPPs) in 1999 to ask what percent of clients used each parliamentary authority. [7] The results were published in 2000 in Parliamentary Journal, the official journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians: 90 percent used Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), 8 percent used The Standard Code of ...

  5. Procedures of the United States House of Representatives

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    The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings," [1] therefore each Congress of the United States, upon convening, approves its own governing rules of procedure. This clause has been interpreted by the courts to mean that a new Congress is not bound by the rules of proceedings of the previous ...

  6. Robert's Rules of Order - Wikipedia

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    Henry M. Robert. A U.S. Army officer, Henry Martyn Robert (1837–1923), saw a need for a standard of parliamentary procedure while living in San Francisco.He found San Francisco in the mid-to-late 19th century to be a chaotic place where meetings of any kind tended to be tumultuous, with little consistency of procedure and with people of many nationalities and traditions thrown together.

  7. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure - Wikipedia

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    Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure, referred to as Mason's Manual, is the official parliamentary authority of most state legislatures in the United States. [1] The Manual covers motions , procedures, vote requirements, the rules of order , principles, precedents, and legal basis behind parliamentary law used by legislatures.

  8. Principles of parliamentary procedure - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies. General principles of parliamentary procedure include rule of the majority with respect for the minority.

  9. Parliamentary procedure - Wikipedia

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    While each assembly may create their own set of rules, these sets tend to be more alike than different. A common practice is to adopt a standard reference book on parliamentary procedure and modify it through special rules of order that supersede the adopted authority. A parliamentary structure conducts business through motions, which cause ...