URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO RESTORE RESPECT AND DIGNITY TO THE ONLY ROYAL PALACE IN THE NATION.

HCR 166 is a non-binding resolution urging Hawaii's Department of Accounting and General Services to analyze removing a parking lot adjacent to Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the U.S. where a monarch lived. It directs the department to submit a cost analysis by January 2026 and requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to redesign the grounds to match the palace's original historical landscape. The resolution aims to address the presence of modern parking infrastructure on the palace grounds, which the text describes as inconsistent with the site's status as a protected historical and cultural landmark for Native Hawaiians.