Action Alert: Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act

Via the Parent's Television Council:

STOP THE SALE OF ADULT VIDEO GAMES TO CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL APPROVAL

Utah Congressman Jim Matheson and Nebraska Congressman Lee Terry recently introduced the bipartisan Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act in the House of Representatives. This bill will require retailers to check identification in order to keep adult-rated video games from being sold to children.

The proposed legislation codifies the video game industry’s own voluntary policies and will ensure better enforcement by requiring all retailers to check IDs from any child trying to buy or rent Mature (M)-rated or Adult-Only (AO) rated games. It does not limit adults’ access to any games they want to buy for themselves or for their children – it merely helps ensure that children can only access age appropriate video games if they are accompanied by an adult.

Please take action today by asking your representatives to support this bill.

Two key points here: this adds some teeth to the policies that the video game industry has already adopted and the proposed law does not seek to ban or restrict adults from purchasing any games.

This law would help parents who wish to limit their kid's access to certain games by making retailers accountable.

Please click here to send your Representative a message urging support of this bill.