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# Bills to restrict sales of violent games
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bills-to-restrict-sales-of-violent-games/
- Published: 2004-01-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:26:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Two bills, co-authored by State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and designed to restrict the sale and marketing of violent video games to minors, will be introduced today as the second half of the 2003-2004 Legislative session begins.

“The first bill will expand the definition of ‘harmful matter to children’to include video games where the player virtually commits serious injury to human beings in a manner that is especially heinous, atrocious or cruel,” said assembly member Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), who will introduce the legislation.

Mature-rated games are the fastest-growing segment of the $18 billion video-game industry. The top-selling games of 2003 reward players for killing police officers, maiming elderly people, running over pedestrians and committing murder and torture on women and racial minorities, politicians say.

The second bill would require video-game retailers to display video games with mature content in a manner consistent with the industry’s own advisories. The placement of mature-related games would be required to be out of eye-level view of small children and separate from all other games. Stores also will be required to display signs explaining the Entertainment Software Ratings Board rating system. In an effort to reduce access of the games to children, stores also will be prohibited from providing free preview-play of mature-related games to minors.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 5, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010504.pdf?ref=smdp.com)