BILL NUMBER:  SB 145
  VETOED	DATE: 09/25/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 145 without my signature.

This bill would prevent a workers' compensation claim from being
denied or impacted by an apportionment determination because the
employee's injury or death was related to the employee's race,
religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, marital status,
sex, or genetic characteristics.  This measure, like Senate Bill
1115 (2008), which I previously vetoed, would significantly
undermined the state's workers' compensation apportionment reforms of
2004.  In addition, although this measure purports to address
instances where a workers' compensation claim was improperly denied
when a hate crime was committed against an employee, this issue has
been addressed by Assembly Bill 1093, which I signed last year.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger