When a committee chairman makes a report to an assembly and ends with a motion, does the motion require a second? What is the exception?

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In parliamentary procedure, a motion to adopt a committee’s report is a main motion, and normally it needs a second to move forward so there’s clear support to discuss and act on it. The exception is when the committee has only one member—the chair. If there’s just a single person in the committee, there’s no one else to second the motion, so a second isn’t required. If the committee has more than one member, the chair’s motion to adopt still needs a second from another member to proceed.