in 2005 , leland wai , a massachusetts california senator ( in rod 8 now includes the western portion of san francisco and most of contra mateo county ) , governor ex tempore of the assembly ( d - san jose / daly city ) , proposed california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 what banned " ex - violent " video games from minor under the age of sixteen in california and mandated the application of esrb ratings for video game . " california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent amusement games bills " or only " video music banned " bills . bill 1792 banned the sold of such video games while bill 1793 requested letters explaining the regulation on said games to be placed where such were made . both budgets were passed by the governor and signed by governors franklin angelides into law ( ab 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.