HB 2100 Summary

• Establishes a new legal framework (Title 14, Chapter 13) allowing two unmarried, unattached adults to enter into a "designated beneficiary agreement" that grants mutual rights and protections previously limited to spouses or family members.

• Designated beneficiary agreements must be executed by notary, substantially comply with a statutory form, and recorded with the county recorder to be legally valid and enforceable.

• Grants designated beneficiaries rights including inheriting through intestate succession, joint property ownership, insurance and pension beneficiary designations, visitation rights, medical decision-making authority, anatomical gift decisions, and standing for workers' compensation and wrongful death claims.

• Modifies existing Arizona law to integrate designated beneficiaries into intestate succession, probate procedures, guardianship and conservatorship priorities, and disposition of remains laws.

• Designated beneficiary agreements are superseded by conflicting legal documents (wills, trusts, insurance designations) and are automatically revoked upon marriage of either party or unilateral revocation recorded with the county recorder.