---
type: "Bill"
title: "Video games: ratings."
description: "Video games: ratings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1793"
citation: "California AB 1793 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Video games: ratings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-01-05"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d657ba8-c5a8-452e-b4dc-3ef4651ce62c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793"
source_hash: "7557d8fa93c5e67e9290b3e9f1759b535ea433635f30005a13da7d6f0a6b60b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1793 (20032004) — Video games: ratings.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/05/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179399INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179398AMD)
3. **04/29/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179397AMD)
4. **05/04/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179396AMD)
5. **05/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179395AMD)
6. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179394AMD)
7. **06/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179393AMD)
8. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179391CHP)
9. **AB1793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793)
10. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1793&version=20030AB179392ENR)

## Votes

- set first hearing. failed passage. reconsideration granted. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1793 yee by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1793 yee assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1793 yee assembly third reading amend by aghazarian set #1 lay on the table — **pass** (pass) · lower
- without recommendation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- be referred to committee on judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1793 yee concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — principal coauthor (person)
- Montanez — principal coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 7323.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 4960.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 6108.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Without recommendation. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 6). `committee-passage`
- **2004-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 27). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** In committee: Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
- **2004-01-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d657ba8-c5a8-452e-b4dc-3ef4651ce62c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).