The third highest ranking subsidiary motion is Refer to a Committee.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Main Motion
• D. Motion to Postpone

Answer: (A)

In parliamentary procedure, motions are ordered by precedence, and this ordering governs which motions can be acted on first when more than one is on the floor. Among subsidiary motions, the ranking goes roughly: Lay on the Table, then Previous Question, and then Refer to a Committee. That makes Refer to a Committee the third-highest subsidiary motion. It moves the matter to a committee to study and report back, which pauses direct action on the main motion and allows for more information to come back before a decision is made. This is distinct from a Main Motion, which is the proposal itself, and from a Motion to Postpone, which is another type of delay but lower in precedence than Refer to a Committee. So the statement is true.