Signed by Governor Jared Polis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires death certificates issued in Colorado must report a decedent's gender identity.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual who completes a certificate of death to record the decedent's sex to reflect the decedent's gender (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies if an individual who completes a certificate of death is presented with a document memorializing the decedent's gender (gender document), the individual must record the decedent's sex to reflect the gender indicated in the gender document (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that if a gender document is not presented and an individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains objects to the sex recorded by the individual who completes the certificate of death, the individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains may state their objection to the individual who completes a certificate of death before the certificate of death is filed, and the individual who completes the certificate of death must record the sex as the gender reported by the individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that if a gender document is presented to the office of state registrar of vital statistics in the department of public health and environment (state registrar) for a decedent that died in the state, the state registrar must issue an amended certificate of death for the decedent that changes the decedent's sex to reflect the gender indicated in the gender document (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires that the state registrar must also amend the certificate of death to reflect a legal name change if the appropriate legal name change documentation is submitted to the state registrar (Sec. 1-5).

• Authorizes an individual with the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains to file a claim seeking an order of the court to amend the information recorded on the decedent's certificate of death (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the Department of Public Health and Environment to add a gender field to the certificate of death form and the electronic death registration system (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires death certificates issued in Colorado must report a decedent's gender identity.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual who completes a certificate of death to record the decedent's sex to reflect the decedent's gender (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies if an individual who completes a certificate of death is presented with a document memorializing the decedent's gender (gender document), the individual must record the decedent's sex to reflect the gender indicated in the gender document (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that if a gender document is not presented and an individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains objects to the sex recorded by the individual who completes the certificate of death, the individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains may state their objection to the individual who completes a certificate of death before the certificate of death is filed, and the individual who completes the certificate of death must record the sex as the gender reported by the individual with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that if a gender document is presented to the office of state registrar of vital statistics in the department of public health and environment (state registrar) for a decedent that died in the state, the state registrar must issue an amended certificate of death for the decedent that changes the decedent's sex to reflect the gender indicated in the gender document (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires that the state registrar must also amend the certificate of death to reflect a legal name change if the appropriate legal name change documentation is submitted to the state registrar (Sec. 1-5).

• Authorizes an individual with the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains to file a claim seeking an order of the court to amend the information recorded on the decedent's certificate of death (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the Department of Public Health and Environment to add a gender field to the certificate of death form and the electronic death registration system (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill declare an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text