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Representative Gossage voted to override the [[veto|vetoes]] of then Democratic [[Governor]]  [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation requiring photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; he was a co-sponsor of both of these bills. Gossage supported other [[pro-life]] measures too: to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. On [[Second Amendment]] matters, Gossage co-sponsored legislation to allow the concealed carry of  firearms on church and university properties and to prevent the governor from regulating firearms in an emergency.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Representative Gossage voted to override the [[veto|vetoes]] of then Democratic [[Governor]]  [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation requiring photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; he was a co-sponsor of both of these bills. Gossage supported other [[pro-life]] measures too: to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. On [[Second Amendment]] matters, Gossage co-sponsored legislation to allow the concealed carry of  firearms on church and university properties and to prevent the governor from regulating firearms in an emergency.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Gossage co-sponsored legislation to amend state income tax rates. He voted for a spending cap on the state budget, but the measure failed by two House votes. He voted to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He voted for the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers. He backed a measure to prohibit the closure of public schools after a two-year enrollment decline, but the measure was defeated on the House floor.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/136717/bill-gossage#.UsrLWJV3sfQ|title=Bill Gossage's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

Gossage co-sponsored legislation to amend state income tax rates. He voted for a spending cap on the state budget, but the measure failed by two House votes. He voted to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He voted for the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers. He backed a measure to prohibit the closure of public schools after a two-year enrollment decline, but the measure was defeated on the House floor.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/136717/bill-gossage#.UsrLWJV3sfQ|title=Bill Gossage's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

Gossage endorsed former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Asa Hutchinson]] for governor in the 2014 Republican primary. Hutchinson went on to win his nomination and then to defeat the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Mike Ross. Hutchinson won a second term in 2018.

Gossage endorsed former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Asa Hutchinson]] for governor in the 2014 Republican primary. Hutchinson went on to win his nomination and then to defeat the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Mike Ross. Hutchinson won a second term in 2018.