Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
Cover of 2012 edition
Author	American Institute of Parliamentarians, Alice Sturgis
Original title	Sturgis' Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
Subject	Parliamentary Procedure
Publisher	AIP
Publication date	Original Edition: 1950 Current Edition: 2023
Pages	444
ISBN	978-1958850022
Dewey Decimal	060.42
Preceded by	2012 edition

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (formerly the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis) 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.^[1] It was first published in 1950. Following the death of the original author in 1975, the third (1988) and fourth (2001) editions of this work were revised by a committee of the American Institute of Parliamentarians. 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 states, "Anyone who has trouble with Robert's Rules of Order will welcome the simplicity of this streamlined guide to parliamentary procedure." The Standard Code devotes a chapter to the differences between the two works, along with suggestions for those familiar with the Standard Code when participating in organizations that use "Robert's Rules" as their parliamentary authority. AIPSC omits this chapter as well as any other mention of "Robert's Rules".

Robert's Rules of Order versus The Standard Code

Differences between RONR and TSC
	Robert's Rules of Order	The Standard Code
Motions in RONR but not in TSC	Call for the orders of the day	Use informal request or point of order
	Fix the time to which to adjourn	Instead amend the privileged motion to adjourn
	Objection to the consideration of a question	Accomplished by different motions depending on circumstances.^[2]
	Postpone indefinitely	Use form of table (requiring a two-thirds vote)^[3]
Motions with different names	Previous question	Close debate and vote immediately (or other variations)
Concepts in RONR but not TSC	Committee of the Whole and quasi-committee of the whole	Use informal consideration
Terminology differences	"Adjourned meeting" resumption of a meeting following an adjournment	"Continued meeting"
Other differences	major differences in the treatment of the motions to reconsider and table

References

Sturgis, Alice (1950). Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (First ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ASIN B000EAC3AQ.
Sturgis, Alice (1966). Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Second ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-062272-2.
Sturgis, Alice; American Institute of Parliamentarians (1988). Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Third ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-062399-6.
Sturgis, Alice; American Institute of Parliamentarians (2001). The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Fourth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-136513-0.
American Institute of Parliamentarians (2012). American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-177864-0.
Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2014). AIP Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure Workbook: A workbook for users of American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. American Institute of Parliamentarians.
Glazer, Barry; Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2015). Differences Between AIPSC and RONR. American Institute of Parliamentarians. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2015). Here is the Answer! What is the Question?: Book 6, Covering American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. American Institute of Parliamentarians.

v t e Parliamentary procedure
Major concepts	History of parliamentary procedure Principles of parliamentary procedure Deliberative assembly Committee Session Quorum Chair Floor Recognition Motion Second Debate Main motion Order of business Minutes Voting methods in deliberative assemblies Majority Unanimous consent
Subsidiary motions	Postpone indefinitely Amend Commit Postpone to a certain time Limit or extend limits of debate Previous question Cloture Lay on the table
Privileged motions	Call for the orders of the day Raise a question of privilege Recess Adjourn Fix the time to which to adjourn
Incidental motions	Point of order Appeal Suspend the rules Objection to the consideration of a question Division of a question Consideration by paragraph or seriatim Division of the assembly Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls Motions relating to nominations Prayer motion Request to be excused from a duty Requests and inquiries (Parliamentary inquiry, Request for information, Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion, Request to read papers, Request for any other privilege)
Motions that bring a question again before the assembly	Take from the table Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted Discharge a committee Reconsider
Legislative procedures	Call of the house Hoist Motion to pass on Recall of Parliament
Disciplinary procedures	Censure Declare the chair vacant Impeach Naming
Parliamentary authorities	Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC or Sturgis) Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure Riddick's Rules of Procedure Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice Jefferson's Manual Lex Parliamentaria Odgers' Australian Senate Practice House of Representatives Practice Bourinot's Rules of Order Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms Morin code ABC of Chairmanship
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Robert's Rules of Order versus The Standard Code

References

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