N.Y. State Legislators Agree on Video Game Law; Passage Expected in July

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2007 - 12:31pm.

Albany, N.Y. - State legislators in New York have reached agreement on a bill that would ban the sale of violent video games to minors in the state, and are expected to formally pass the bill next month, GamePolitics.com reported.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is then expected to sign the bill into law.

Over the past seven years, nine similar laws have been consistently struck down by the courts as unconstitutional, after challenges mounted by the game industry's Entertainment Software Association trade group.

 

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http://www.theesa.com

tags: Games | Policy | ESA | Eliot Spitzer |


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