About

SD Property Rights and Local Control Alliance (SDPRLCA) formed to bring a referendum on the 2025 South Dakota Senate Bill 201, a bill that stripped local control from counties, municipalities and townships, and smoothed the path for a single private company to benefit at taxpayers’ and property owners’ expense.

After gathering more than 31,000 signatures, the team was successful with the first task — getting the referendum on the ballot.  Once on the ballot, it was titled “Referred Law 21” or “RL21”.

SDPRLCA is an alliance comprising local citizens, property owners, and leaders at the county, township, and state levels. This grassroots organization was established to block the enactment of  RL21. Our primary goals were to heighten public understanding of how RL21 threatens everyone’s constitutional rights, expose the potential dangers it posed to public safety and to give South Dakotans the chance to decide if legislation that takes away our freedom and authority for local control should stand in our state. We advocated to block the enactment of RL 21 and secured a “No” Vote in the November 5th 2025 election.

South Dakota has become ground zero in the fight for two of our most fundamental rights – the right to own property and to have local governance. The out-of-state corporate interests with deep pockets taking our freedom to own property did not expect the effort to refer SB201 to succeed. With unprecedented accuracy, the bipartisan effort of 500 volunteer circulators yielded more than 31,000 valid signatures in 90 days, sending the message that “our rights – and our state, are not for sale!”

Across the entire state, in every county from East to West, volunteers stepped up to gather signature after signature, to fill up petition after petition. Gathering thousands of signatures in 90 days was a daunting task. Make no mistake, however, South Dakotans from all walks of life are mad and they are tired of politicians selling out their rights and their liberties. Our group of dedicated volunteers gathered over 34,000 signatures in 90 days!