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Concerned that kids are getting their hands on sexual videocassettes and “video nasties,” a growing number of states are considering laws requiring tape rating labels and limiting their sale and rental to youths. Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Maryland now require movie-industry rating labels on videos, and California lawmakers are considering a bill making it a misdemeanor to sell or rent unrated videos to minors without parental consent. “A youngster cannot see an R-rated movie at the box office. But he can rent it and see it in his home,” said Christie Gorsline, a Junior League official in Riverside. “The system that is working at the box office is not working at the video stores.” Gorsline said that her group will propose a law requiring Motion Picture Assn. of America ratings on videos.