AZ HB2074

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-325 regarding death certificate registration to allow recording of a decedent's gender identity rather than biological sex.

Requires the person completing the death certificate to record the decedent's sex to reflect their gender identity, unless a document memorializing gender transition is presented, in which case that document controls.

Allows the person or majority of persons with the right to control disposition of remains to determine the recorded gender identity if no transition document is presented and they disagree with the reported gender identity.

Permits local registrars, deputy local registrars, or the state registrar to amend the sex on a registered death certificate when presented with documents memorializing gender transition, including court orders, written instructions, health care directives, clinical treatment documentation, or changes to birth certificate or government ID markers.