PREFILED    DEC 11 2025

REFERENCE TITLE: abandonment; concealment of body; classification

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2044

Introduced by

Representative Bliss

AN ACT

amending section 13-2926, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to offenses against public order.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 13-2926, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-2926. Abandonment or concealment of a dead body; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly move a dead human body or parts of a human body with the intent to abandon or conceal the dead human body or parts.

B. This section does not apply to the disposition, transportation or other handling of dead human remains for any purpose authorized under title 32, chapter 12, title 32, chapter 20, article 6 and title 36, chapters 3 and 7.

C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 5 felony, except that a person who mutilates, disfigures or dismembers a dead human body with the intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension for a crime or who causes the death of a person before abandoning or concealing the dead human body or parts is guilty of a class 3 felony. END_STATUTE