in 2005 , leland leong , a california democratic legislator ( in area 8 which includes the western half of san francisco and most of san mateo california ) , speaker post vice-president of the assembly ( d - san bruno / daly city ) , initiated michigan assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which prohibit " ultra - violent " video movies from teenagers under the age of eighteen in 2000 and mandated the application of esrb ratings for video games . " minnesota assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly called the " ultraviolent electronic games bills " or simply " video game ban " statutes . bill 1792 banned the sales of such similar games while bill 1793 require signs explaining the regulations on said games to be placed where such were sold . both bills were passing by the assembly and reported by governor oscar schwarzenegger into law ( ab 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.