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