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In 2013, Representative Ballinger co-sponsored amending state income tax rates. He co-sponsored a proposed  spending cap on the state budget, but the measure failed by two votes on the House floor. He voted to override of the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require 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 those measures. He further supported related [[pro-life]] legislation to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases, and to forbid abortion whenever [[Fetus|fetal]] heartbreat is detected.<ref name=votingrecords/>

In 2013, Representative Ballinger co-sponsored amending state income tax rates. He co-sponsored a proposed  spending cap on the state budget, but the measure failed by two votes on the House floor. He voted to override of the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require 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 those measures. He further supported related [[pro-life]] legislation to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases, and to forbid abortion whenever [[Fetus|fetal]] heartbreat is detected.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Ballinger co-sponsored legislation to empower officials of religious institutions and universities to engage in the concealed carry of firearms for church and campus safety. He opposed the bill to reduce the fees for obtaining a concealed-carry permit. He co-sponsored the House-passed measure to prohibit the governor from regulating firearms during an emergency. He voted against approved legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He supported failed legislation to prohibit the closure of public schools after a two-year period of declining enrollment. He voted for legislation to establish a tiered system for [[lottery]] scholarships. Ballinger co-sponsored 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.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/136731/bob-ballinger#.Usyfp5V3sfg|title=Bob Ballinger's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdateNovember 24, 2020}}</ref>

Ballinger co-sponsored legislation to empower officials of religious institutions and universities to engage in the concealed carry of firearms for church and campus safety. He opposed the bill to reduce the fees for obtaining a concealed-carry permit. He co-sponsored the House-passed measure to prohibit the governor from regulating firearms during an emergency. He voted against approved legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He supported failed legislation to prohibit the closure of public schools after a two-year period of declining enrollment. He voted for legislation to establish a tiered system for lottery scholarships. Ballinger co-sponsored 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.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/136731/bob-ballinger#.Usyfp5V3sfg|title=Bob Ballinger's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdateNovember 24, 2020}}</ref>

Ballinger won his second term in the House in the general election held on November 4, 2014, a strong year politically in Arkansas for Republican candidates. He defeated the Democratic choice, Charles "Sonny" Carter, 6,234 votes (65 percent) to 3,384 (35 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 97|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

Ballinger won his second term in the House in the general election held on November 4, 2014, a strong year politically in Arkansas for Republican candidates. He defeated the Democratic choice, Charles "Sonny" Carter, 6,234 votes (65 percent) to 3,384 (35 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 97|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>