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# Governance Action

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A Governance Action is a proposal that gets submitted On-Chain for voting. It is an on-chain event triggered by a transaction. Governance actions have an expiration period, after which the action cannot be enacted.

Any ada holder can submit a governance action for a vote on-chain. Once the action is recorded on the ledger, voters submit voting transactions.

### Governance Actions Types:

In CIP-1694 describes 7 types of Governance Actions:

[GA - Motion of no-confidence](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-motion-of-no-confidence.md)

[GA - New constitutional committee or Quorum size](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-new-constitutional-committee-or-quorum-size.md)

[GA - Updates to Constitution](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-updates-to-constitution.md)

[GA - Hard-Fork Initiation](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-hard-fork-initiation.md)

[GA - Protocol Parameter Changes](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-protocol-parameter-changes.md)

[GA - Treasury Withdrawals](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-treasury-withdrawals.md)

[GA - Info](/intersect-knowledge-base/archive/cardano-governance-archive/key-terms/governance-action/ga-info.md)

**Any Ada holder** can submit a governance action to the chain.


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