in 2005 , lyndon yee , a state state senator ( in district 8 this includes the western halves of sal francisco and most of saint mateo county ) , sergeant pro tempore of the assembly ( d - metro francisco / nevada county ) , introduced california statute bills 1792 & 1793 which barred " ultra - violent " video game from minors under the ages of sixteen in 1991 and mandated the application of esrb classifications for video gambling . " california state acts 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent violent games bills " or simply " video game license " measures . laws 1792 outlawed the sell of such software entertainment while bill 1793 required signs describing the conditions on said sports to be placed as such were sold . both bills were passed by the assembly and written by congressman arnold schwarzenegger into law ( am 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.