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Farabee sponsored a constitutional amendment to allow garnishmen] of wages for child support.<ref name=farabee/> He secured passage of a bill allowing state agencies to maintain daycare facilities on the premises for the employees.<ref name=farabee/> He worked for modernization of juvenile justice policies to guarantee due process and the prevention of young persons from being housed in adult facilities. He attempted to prevent outside groups from dominating state textbook selection through the 15-member elected Texas State Board of Education. He opposed the state's blue laws and advocated industrial development and urban renewal. He supported the first limitation in Texas on medical malpractice. He worked to accelerate the time that a criminal case reaches the appeal stage.<ref name=farabee/>

Farabee sponsored a constitutional amendment to allow garnishmen] of wages for child support.<ref name=farabee/> He secured passage of a bill allowing state agencies to maintain daycare facilities on the premises for the employees.<ref name=farabee/> He worked for modernization of juvenile justice policies to guarantee due process and the prevention of young persons from being housed in adult facilities. He attempted to prevent outside groups from dominating state textbook selection through the 15-member elected Texas State Board of Education. He opposed the state's blue laws and advocated industrial development and urban renewal. He supported the first limitation in Texas on medical malpractice. He worked to accelerate the time that a criminal case reaches the appeal stage.<ref name=farabee/>

He failed in his effort to change the partisan election method of choosing Texas appellate court judges, having favored some kind of merit-based system. Farabee said that Texas attorneys often raise money for judicial candidates and can later appear in court before those judges, who may feel beholden to their previous benefactors and thus fail to show impartiality on the bench.<ref name=farabee/>​

Farabee failed in his effort to change the partisan election method of choosing Texas appellate court judges, having favored some kind of merit-based system. Farabee said that Texas attorneys often raise money for judicial candidates and can later appear in court before those judges, who may feel beholden to their previous benefactors and thus fail to show impartiality on the bench.<ref name=farabee/>​

''Texas Monthly'' magazine for five consecutive sessions dubbed Farabee one of the state's best legislators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst#1977|title=Texas Monthly: Best and Worst Legislators|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>

''Texas Monthly'' magazine for five consecutive sessions dubbed Farabee one of the state's best legislators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst#1977|title=Texas Monthly: Best and Worst Legislators|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>