Decision result
What a body decided. Agenda items and votes share this list, so both kinds of outcome use the same terms. No result recorded means it hasn't been decided yet, which is different from deciding to take no action.
Terms
| Code | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
adopted |
Adopted | Agreed as proposed. For an agenda item. |
rejected |
Rejected | Not agreed. For an agenda item. |
amended |
Amended | Agreed, but in a changed form. For an agenda item. |
deferred |
Deferred | Put off to a later meeting. For an agenda item. |
referred |
Referred | Sent to another body to consider. For an agenda item. |
withdrawn |
Withdrawn | Pulled before a decision was made. For an agenda item or a vote. |
noAction |
No action | Considered, then deliberately left alone. For an agenda item. |
received |
Received | Noted, with no decision needed — for example, a report. For an agenda item. |
passed |
Passed | The motion carried. For a vote. |
failed |
Failed | The motion did not carry. For a vote. |
tied |
Tied | Equal votes on each side. What happens next depends on the body's tie-breaking rule. For a vote. |