Louisiana House Passes Violent Games Bill

IGN: Louisiana House Passes Violent Games Bill

"By a unaminous margin of 102-0, The Louisiana House yesterday approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Roy Burrell (Democrat-Shreveport) that would permit a judge to determine if a videogame met certain criteria that would make it unfit for sale to minors and impose penalties on retailers who would do so.

According to the bill -- HB 1381 -- a judge would determine whether a game is "patently offensive to prevailing standards" and if it's appealing "to the minor's morbid interest in violence." If the judge finds that the game meets these criteria, the game could be ordered to be pulled from store shelves. In addition, an individual found guilty of selling such a game could face a fine ranging from $100 to $2,000 as well as up to a year in prison."