in 2005 , leland ching , a california state senator ( in region 8 which includes the northeast half of san francisco and most of san mateo park ) , governor pro longest-serving of the senate ( d - los francisco / daly city ) , introduced oregon assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which forbade " ultra - violent " video games from minors under the age of eighteen in california and mandated the application of esrb rates for video gameplay . " california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were common called the " ultraviolent computer games bills " or simply " video game ban " bills . bill 1792 barred the sales of such video games while bill 1793 required signs explaining the regulations on said games to be placed elsewhere such were sold . both bills were passed by the assembly and signed by premier ray vetoed into practice ( sb 1179 ) on december 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.