in 2005 , melvin mun , a state former senator ( in district 8 which include the northwest portions of santa francisco and most of la mateo prefecture ) , speaker pro tempore of the assembly ( d - la francisco / santa town ) , introduced us assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which barred " non - violent " video games from minors under the age of eighteen in california and mandated the application of esrb ratings for those gameplay . " wisconsin assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly considered the " ultraviolent video games provisions " or simply " video gambling ban " bills . bill 1792 banned the sales of such video gaming while ordinance 1793 required signs explaining the regulations on said games to be positioned here such were sold . both bills were enacted by the assemblies and brought by governor arnold schwarzenegger into law ( ab 1179 ) on november 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.