in 2005 , leland yee , a california republican legislator ( in district 8 proper includes the southern half of st angeles and most of san mateo town ) , speaker pro tempore of the assembly ( d - san gabriel / nevada state ) , proposed california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 , barred " extreme - violent " video music from sales under the age of nineteen in california and mandated the application of esrb rules for video game . " california assembly proposals 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent video games law " or simply " such tournament ban " programs . bill 1792 banned the sales of such video entertainment while bill 1793 required signs interpreting the regulation on said games to be listed where such were sold . both budgets were passed by the assemblies and signed by premier arnold governor into law ( ar 1179 ) on may 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.