Hello, I am on a parliamentary procedure team for the National FFA Organization and we recently won our state contest and will be competing at the national contest in October. I am well-versed in Robert's Rules of Order, as shown by my achievement of 1st place individual chairperson, so please do not be concerned about my level of understanding. Here is my question: Suppose that a main motion is before an assembly and Member A spoke twice on the motion, then another member moves to amend the main motion and it is seconded, then Member A spoke twice again on the amendment, then the amendment was adopted. Assuming no motion to extend the limits of debate was passed, how many times may Member A speak on the main motion as amended. Follow up questions: What if Member A did not debate the amendment? If he didn't debate the main motion before the amendment was moved? The only information I could find in RONR was that after an amendment is adopted, it does not adopt the main motion, and consideration goes back to the main motion as amended and that if a motion is postponed to a certain time or laid on the table and considered again on a different day, debate resets so that each member may speak twice again. Neither answer my question. Theory 1: The main motion as amended is a new question before the group, so each member can debate twice again. Theory 2: Since all amendments must be germane, the main motion as amended would not be radically different than the main motion prior to amendment, so the member has already exhausted their right to debate.
