HB 1009 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Provides that a person who sells, rents, or permits to be sold or rented, any violent video or computer game to any minor is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable under chapter 9.92 RCW.

Declares that "violent video or computer game" means a video or computer game that: (1) Contains realistic or photographic-like depictions of aggressive conflict in which the player kills, injures, or otherwise causes violence to a human form in the game who is depicted, by dress or other recognizable symbols, as a public law enforcement officer; and

(2) Has been given a rating of "Mature," "For Adults Only," or an equivalent rating by the video or computer game manufacturer or any entertainment rating board commonly used by the video and computer game industry.