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Key details on HB 2998 presented by David Lowe in Texas House

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David Lowe, Texas State Representative of the 91st district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/DavidLowe4TX/

David Lowe, Texas State Representative of the 91st district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/DavidLowe4TX/

Rep. David Lowe introduced HB 2998, a bill on City Government and County Government, to the Texas House on Thursday, March 20 during the 89(R) legislative session, according to the Texas Legislature website.

More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to requiring voter approval for mass pesticide application by municipalities or counties’’.

The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.

This bill mandates that municipalities or counties in Texas obtain voter approval for mass pesticide applications. Defined as pesticide applications using a motor vehicle or mechanical device, these actions cannot proceed without majority voter approval in a specific election dedicated to this purpose. If the pesticide application occurs entirely within a municipality, only the municipality's voters are involved in the approval. Local governing bodies can initiate such an election, with ballots clearly presenting the option to vote for or against the pesticide application. The bill is set to take effect on Sept. 1, 2025.

David Lowe, member of the House Committee on S/C on County & Regional Government, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session.

Lowe graduated from American Military University in 2018 with a BA.

David Lowe is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 91st House district. He replaced previous state representative Stephanie Klic in 2025.

Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.

You can read more about the bills and other measures here.

Other Recent Bills Introduced by Rep. David Lowe in Texas House During 89(R) Legislative Session

Bill NumberDate IntroducedShort Description
HB 326203/20/2025Relating to an election to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt
HB 322403/20/2025Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities
HB 313703/20/2025Relating to a prohibition on certain herbicides and food and beverage additives; authorizing a civil penalty
HB 299003/20/2025Relating to elimination of the countywide polling place program
HB 294803/19/2025Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances
HB 279603/19/2025Relating to the permissible uses of money received from the purchase of attendance credit by a school district
HB 254903/17/2025Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, commercial learner's permits, and personal identification certificates
HB 229103/14/2025Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain persons
HB 219403/14/2025Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes

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