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The bill moves the National Woman’s Relief Corps' legal home to Illinois and clarifies service-of-process procedures, improving administrative clarity while shifting convenience and regulatory requirements away from D.C.-based stakeholders and imposing Illinois administrative rules and potential costs on the organization.
Nonprofit (the National Woman’s Relief Corps) now has its legal domicile in Illinois and a principal office in Murphysboro, giving the organization a clear corporate home and local contact point for administration and outreach.
Service of process and legal notices are clarified and simplified by specifying an Illinois designated agent and the Illinois Secretary of State as the delivery point, reducing ambiguity for litigants and officials.
Members or stakeholders based in Washington, D.C. lose the convenience of having the organization's legal domicile and default service point in D.C., which may make access to records or legal processes less convenient for them.
The organization will be subject to Illinois corporate law and administrative procedures (filings, fees, compliance), which could increase administrative burden or costs and require procedural adjustments.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Moves the National Woman’s Relief Corps’ legal domicile to Illinois, sets its principal office in Murphysboro, and updates service-of-process to Illinois officials.
Changes the National Woman’s Relief Corps’ legal home from the District of Columbia to the State of Illinois and names Murphysboro, Illinois as its principal office. It also updates how the organization may be served with legal papers by requiring a designated agent in Illinois and replacing the D.C. mayor (or a mayor-designated office) with the Illinois Secretary of State (or another Illinois law–designated office). No new programs, funding, deadlines, or federal spending are created; the bill only updates the corporation’s statutory domicile, principal office location, and service-of-process language to conform to Illinois law.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by Mike Bost · Last progress February 3, 2026