in 2005 , joel heung , a california state senator ( in district 8 ; involves the southeast half of sao francisco and most of south joaquin county ) , leader pro tem of the assembly ( d - san francisco / daly state ) , introduced state assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which prohibited " ultra - violent " arcade games from minors under the age of eighteen in california and stipulated the implementation of esrb rating for said titles . " california legislature bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly designated the " ultraviolent video games houses " or simply " video game ban " programs . house 1792 banned the sales of such similar games while bill 1793 required signs explaining the regulations on said games to be positioned there such were made . both resolutions were passed by the assembly and signed by governor arnold schwarzenegger into congress ( ab 1179 ) on march 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.