Check out this detailed timeline on the Secure 2.0 Act's progress.
The full Senate passes by a
71-23 vote the Setting Every
Community Up for Retirement
Enhancement (Secure) Act as
part of a spending bill.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., announces plans to move in 2020 on “Secure 2.0 Act” legislation.
Rep. Neal is reelected as Ways
and Means chairman.
Neal announces plans to reintroduce in the new
Congress the Secure 2.0 Act, which would
boost the required minimum distribution
age from 72 to 75.
Neal says he’ll be moving Secure 2.0 Act through his committee “in the next few weeks.”
House Ways and Means
Committee plans to vote on
Secure 2.0 Act.
House Ways and Means
Committee passes Secure 2.0 Act.
Retirement experts tell lawmakers Secure 2.0 Act
provides important benefits to help
boost Americans’ retirement savings
but the bill has drawbacks.
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better
framework excludes retirement
planning provisions but retirement
industry advocates prod lawmakers
to pass Secure 2.0 Act.
Neal announces that advancing Secure 2.0 Act remains a top priority.
Lobbyists say major retirement
legislation to pass in 2022.
House set to vote on Secure
2.0 Act, which would raise
RMD age.
House passes Secure 2.0 Act, including RMD changes, in a 414-5 vote.
Ed Slott praises the bill for reducing “draconian”
penalties on late RMDs and broadening
the use of Roths, including for catch-up
contributions to retirement accounts.
The Secure 2.0 Act is included in the $1.7 trillion
2023 omnibus appropriations bill.
Neal highlights two important parts
of the bill: automatic enrollment
and the Savers Credit.
The Senate passes the Secure 2.0 Act as part of the spending bill.
President Joe Biden signs the
spending bill, bringing the
Secure 2.0 Act to life.
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Photo credits: Richard Neal: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg; Joe Biden: Sarah Silbiger/UPI/Bloomberg; Ed Slott: Natalie Brasington
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The House passes the bill.