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Friday, October 16, 2026

Which Retirement Plan Rules Would Change with SECURE Act 2.0? - The National Law Review

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • SECURE Act 2.0 passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 29, 2022.

  • SECURE Act 2.0 would make changes to employer-sponsored retirement plans to expand coverage and increase savings, as well as simplify and clarify plan rules.

On March 29, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2954, a bill entitled "Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022," otherwise known as SECURE Act 2.0.

SECURE Act 2.0 would make various changes with respect to employer-sponsored retirement plans to expand coverage and increase retirement savings, including:

  • Mandating automatic enrollment in most new 401(k) and 403(b) plans

  • Increasing credit for small employer pension plan startup cost

  • Enhancing the saver's tax credit

  • Further increasing the required distribution age (gradually) to age 75

  • Providing a higher catch-up limit at age 62-64

  • Allowing a 403(b) plan to be established and maintained as a multiple-employer plan

  • Permitting retirement plan matching contributions for student loan payments

  • Codifying a safe harbor for corrections of automatic contribution failures

  • Expanding and clarifying rules to improve coverage for long-term, part-time workers

The proposed legislation also includes provisions to simplify and clarify retirement plan rules, including:

  • Providing new statutory rules to correct benefit overpayments, including limiting liability of the plan fiduciary for not recovering inadvertent benefit overpayment, and setting limitations...



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