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A total of seven laws enacted during the 2023 General Assembly session took effect on July 1st.

RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed four bills into law:

Immigration? >> for three or four years now all i had heard was enforcement, enforcement. >> reporter: we met up with state representative bill wright on his ranch in utah 0 to talk about a brand new law he sponsored, hb-116, the nation's first law that would allow utah's undocumented workers to work legally. >> i believe in common sense, helpful solutions for both sides, that everybody can benefit and we don't leave a bunch of tragedies along the way. >> reporter: tragedies such as what? >> well, broken families. >> reporter: this woman we'll call kathy has lived in utah for 18 years. she has...

27 minutes after the hour. utah makes moves toward immigration reform. a series of bills aimed at tightening control against undocumented workers. but it also includes a controversial guest worker permit law. thelma gutierrez explains. >> reporter: bill wright is a dairy farmer who says he's as conservative as they come. staunch republican who believes in a common sense approach to solving problems. so when the federal government failed to come up with comprehensive immigration reform, wright said he wanted utah to take the lead. why get involved with immigration? >> for three or four years no...