2005 LETTERS AND MEMOS IN OPPOSITION 

Alabama House Bill 441 (would have barred the sale or rental of "violent" or "sexually explicit" video games to minors)
Arkansas House Bill 1852 (would have prohibited public exhibition of video games with violent content)
California Assembly Bill 450 (would have prohibited the dissemination of video games that contain certain depictions to minors and require labels.  The language of this bill was later put in California Assembly Bill 1179, which was signed by governor Schwarzenegger on October 7, 2005.  See also VSDA v. Schwarzenegger.)
District of Columbia Council Bill 16-125 (would prohibit the sale or rental of M-rated or AO-rated games to minors and require signage and labeling.  Would require any business that sells or rents games to minors to obtain an "entertainment endorsement" to a basic operating license from the DC government.)
Georgia House Bills 105 and 106 (requires retailers to post signs explaining rating systems)
Illinois House Bill 602(would have defined "sexually-oriented business" as any business giving more than 10% of display area to "sexually explicit material")
Maryland House Bill 698 (to prohibit the sale or rental of video games rated "M" or "AO" by the ESRB to minors.)
Michigan Senate Bill 416 (would restrict the dissemination of video games containing certain violent content, see also ESA v. Granholm, Michigan Senate Bill 416 as Amended_
Minnesota Senate Bill 785 (to bar the knowing purchase or rental of any "M" or "AO"-rated video game by anyone under 17; to post a sign notifying customers of law and fine.)
Missouri Senate Bill 32 (to define sexually oriented business as any business devoting 10% of display space to sexually oriented material)
North Carolina Senate Bill 2 (to prohibit the sale or rental of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors.)
North Dakota House Bill 1415 (to amend the existing display laws)
Utah House Bill 260 (to create an "adult content registry" to list all of the content providers the AG has determined to have harmful to minors material on the Internet. Would place limitations on ISPs to provide filtering. See also The King's English v. Shurtleff.)
Washington House Bill 2178 (to create a civil cause of action for personal injury or wrongful death against the maker or retailer of a videogame with violent content if it was sold to anyone under 17 and it was "a factor in creating conditions that assisted or encouraged the person to cause injury or death to another person.")
Wisconsin Senate Bill 258 (to prohibit any public library from loaning or renting any movie rated R by the MPAA to a minor without parental consent.)