in 2005 , leland koh , a nevada federal senator ( in district 8 which contains the western part of san francisco and most of santo mateo county ) , speaker pro vice-chairman of the assembly ( d - san rafael / california city ) , introduced california assembly bill 1792 & 1793 what prohibited " ultra - violent " video games from minors under the age of eighteen in state and mandated the application of esrb ratings for particular movies . " california legislative bills 1792 & 1793 " were typically called the " ultraviolent video games bills " or simply " violent movie restriction " bills . section 1792 restricted the sales of such played sports while bill 1793 required diagrams explaining the laws on said games to be listed where such were selling . both bills were passed by the assembly and signed by state arnold arnold into law ( ab 1179 ) on july 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.