A few weeks ago, I mentioned a California bill that was proposing to ban sales of videogames to minors. Well, it died in committee. (UPDATE: The bill ended up passing. An absent voting member turned in a vote that gave it the support it needed) However, a similar bill in Illinois looks poised for approval. However, this one differs in that it allows the state to add their own rating to the game boxes and fine $1,001 for a sale to a minor.

According to state legislators, games that feature "dismemberment, decapitation, disfigurement, maiming, mutilation of body parts or rape" would be slapped with an "18" sticker similar to the parental advisory warning on compact discs. The sale of such games to minors would warrant legal action of a $1,001 fine and a red mark on the seller's permanent record. The current ESRB ratings system isn't legally binding.