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Farrer served on these House committees: (1) Public Transportation Committee and (2) Insurance and Commerce, (3) Energy).<ref name=jfarrer/><ref name=votesmart/>

Farrer served on these House committees: (1) Public Transportation Committee and (2) Insurance and Commerce, (3) Energy).<ref name=jfarrer/><ref name=votesmart/>

Then Representative Farrer co-sponsored in 2013 to the establishment of a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He co-sponsored legislation to amend [[state income tax]] rates. He joined the majority to [[Veto override|override]] the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[ Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation, which he co-sponsored, to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[ estation]]. Representative Farrer further co-sponsored legislation 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. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety and co-sponsored similar legislation to allow religious institutions to be armed. He voted against legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He supported 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>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur38Q5V3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>

Then Representative Farrer co-sponsored in 2013 to the establishment of a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He co-sponsored legislation to amend state income tax rates. He joined the majority to [[Veto override|override]] the [[veto]]es of Democratic then [[ Governor]] [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation, which he co-sponsored, to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]. Representative Farrer further co-sponsored legislation 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. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety and co-sponsored similar legislation to allow religious institutions to be armed. He voted against legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan. He supported 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>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134812/joe-farrer#.Ur38Q5V3uZM|title=Joe Farrer's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref>

Farrer did not seek a third legislative term and was succeeded in 2019 by fellow Republican [[Cameron Cooper]].

Farrer did not seek a third legislative term and was succeeded in 2019 by fellow Republican [[Cameron Cooper]].