Congress Legislation Templates
The templates below must be used to write CHSSA legislation for the state tournament, and may also be used for your own league.
Topic Areas for 2025 State Tournament
CHSSA Constitutional Amendment Template
For Help writing legislation, check out this resource: https://www.congressionaldebate.org/resources/drafting-legislation
or check out our coaches’ corner where we learned about congress legislation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7J0FQiJBxI
National Extemp - 2025
In no particular order
- Finance and Economics
- Science and Technology
- Politics/Government
- Social Issues and Controversy
- US Foreign Policy
International Extemp - 2025
In no particular order
- Europe/Russia
- East and Southeast Asia/Australia/Oceania
- Southwest / Central / South Asia
- The Americas
- Africa
State 2024 Parli Topic Areas
In no particular order:
- California
- Environment
- Geographic Area: Africa
- International Relations
- US Politics/Elections
- Social Justice
- US Domestic Policy
- Science and Technology