in 2005 , lyndon kuk , a former former senator ( in ward 8 also encompass the western half of sal angeles and most of san mateo county ) , speaker de tempore of the assemblies ( d - san francisco / daly city ) , introduced california legislators legislation 1792 & 1793 which barred " ultra - popular " video gaming from minors under the year of eighteen in california and mandated the application of esrb ratings for video music . " california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent video games proposals " or as " video gambling ban " bills . bill 1792 forbade the release of such video gaming while bill 1793 dictated signs explaining the regulations on said games to be placed unless such were sold . both bill were enacted by the assembly and signed by governor richard bustamante into legislature ( hr 1179 ) on july 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.