Truth in Video Game Rating Act


The United States Truth in Video Game Rating Act is a bill introduced by then Senator Sam Brownback on September 26, 2006. The act would require the ESRB to have access to the full content of and hands-on time with the games it was to rate, rather than simply relying on the video demonstrations submitted by developers and publishers.
The bill makes no considerations for mods, total conversions, user generated content, procedurally generated content, unused disc space, blocked/disabled out portions of code, player behavior in online games, and various other factors out of the control of the developers.
This bill was unacted upon during its original session and was reintroduced by Senator Brownback on February 14, 2007 under the same title "the Truth in Video Game Rating Act" with a new session number. The bill remained in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and expired at the end of the 110th Congress without further action.