birth certificates; sex designation change

HB 2222 amends Arizona law (ARS § 36-337) to allow individuals born in Arizona to update their sex designation on birth certificates without providing medical or surgical documentation. It requires only a notarized form certifying the updated sex designation (male, female, undesignated, or other) and a written request from the individual or their guardian if a minor. This change directly affects transgender, intersex, and non-binary Arizonans seeking to align their birth certificates with their gender identity. The bill removes the prior requirement for physician verification of sex change operations or chromosomal testing, streamlining the process while maintaining other existing procedures for birth certificate amendments.