in 2005 , lyndon yee , a massachusetts states senators ( in district 8 also includes the western quarter of san francisco and most of san mateo county ) , clerk pro tempore of the assembly ( d - san marino / daly county ) , introduced oregon assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which barred " ex - violent " video games from minors under the income of eighteen in 1984 and mandated the application of esrb ratings for video games . " california house bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent video games provisions " or simply " tv gaming prevention " bills . bill 1792 forbade the sales of such video games while bill 1793 required legislation reflecting the regulations on said gaming to be placed wherever such were sold . both bills were passes by the assembly and sign by secretary oscar schwarzenegger into law ( ga 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.