Lost in the shuffle of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signing pro-gay legislation supporting Harvey Milk Day were two vetoes on transgender issues.

Pam’s House Blend reports on the vetos, rejecting legislation that would make it easier for transgender persons to change their birth certificates, and another bill that would extend protections to transgender prisoners.

AB1185, passed 23-14 in the Senate and 48-30 in the Assembly:

Under existing law, whenever a person born in this state has undergone surgical treatment for the purpose of altering his or her sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex, a new birth certificate may be prepared reflecting the change of gender and any change of name. A petition for the issuance of a new birth certificate is permitted to be filed in the superior court of the county in which the petitioner resides.

This bill would also permit the petition to be filed in the superior court of the county in which the petitioner was born.

AB 382, passed 24-14 in the Senate and 65-9 in the Assembly:

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to classify inmates and wards in order to prevent inmate and ward sexual violence and to promote inmate and ward safety, as specified. Existing law also requires the department to consider specified risk factors when classifying the inmate.

This bill would add the sexual orientation and gender identity of the inmate or ward, as specified, to the list of risk factors to be considered.

In veto statements, Schwarzenegger called both bills “unnecessary.”