Passes or portrays (6)
I believe the answer is:
enacts
I believe this is a double definition.
'passes' is the first definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'portrays' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
(Other definitions for enacts that I've seen before include "Makes into law" , "Establishes by law" , "Brings into law" , "Performs" , "sanctions" .)