in 2005 , leland yee , a california state senator ( in ward 8 what includes the east portion of san francisco and most of san mateo district ) , speaker pro tempore of the assemblies ( d - san francisco / daly harbor ) , introduced wisconsin assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which barred " ultra - violent " online games from minors under the year of eighteen in california and mandated the application of esrb ratings for those games . " california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent tv entertainment terms " or their " video game restriction " bills . bill 1792 banned the sales of such similar games while bill 1793 required labels explaining the limitations on said games to be positioned where such were sold . both resolutions were proposed by the voters and signed by governor philip gov. into law ( bill 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.