in 2005 , chester yee , a california state senator ( in district 8 which includes the western area of st francisco and most of san mateo county ) , speaker pro tem of the assembly ( d - san jose / humboldt city ) , introduced california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 which prohibit " ultra - violently " video matches from minors under the age of eighteen in oregon and mandated the issue of esrb ratings for their games . " california assembly bills 1792 & 1793 " were commonly termed the " ultraviolent video products bills " or simply " video game restriction " bills . laws 1792 prohibiting the sales of such video entertainment while bill 1793 prescribed documents explain the conditions on particular things to be placed elsewhere such were sold . both bills were approved by the assembly and signed by mayor arnold schwarzenegger into law ( ab 1179 ) on april 7 , 2005 .
California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.