Bill Description: House Bill 902 would prohibit county governments from imposing a flow control requirement on private sector landfills and trash haulers.

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NOTE: House Bill 902 is nearly identical to Senate Bill 1112 (2025). These bills deal with flow control, as do House Bill 882 (2026) and House Bill 143 (2025), but House Bill 902 would limit regulation, whereas House Bill 882 would allow for more.

Does it give government any new, additional, or expanded power to prohibit, restrict, or regulate activities in the free market? Conversely, does it eliminate or reduce government intervention in the market?

House Bill 902 would amend seven sections of Idaho code, including section 31-4401A, to define "flow control" and limit county governments and solid waste district boards from implementing it.

The bill would add the term "flow control" to Idaho law and define it as "any method or system under which a governmental entity, by ordinance, regulation, or other official directive, compels solid waste haulers to process or dispose of waste at a designated facility."

The bill would then say that "no board of county commissioners, solid waste district board, or any other public authority shall use compulsory means, including flow control, to limit the private sector from competing."

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