in 2005 , david yee , a former state senator ( in district 8 which includes the northeastern half of los francisco and most of san mateo county ) , speaker pr tempore of the council ( d - san francisco / daly city ) , drafted california legislative laws 1792 & 1793 which barred " ex - violent " video pornography from minors under the category of eighteen in california and mandated the applying of esrb ratings for video gambling . " two assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were frequently called the " ultraviolent video games houses " or simply " video player ban " bills . bill 1792 forbidden the sales of such played games while measure 1793 required signs interpreting the regulation on said movies to be erected wherein such were sold . both bills were passed by the senator and signed by governor elizabeth pataki into action ( bc 1179 ) on october 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.