SECURE 2.0 Act resources
We're dedicated to keeping you informed about SECURE 2.0. Refer to these resources as you prepare for current and future provisions.
Required provision timeline snapshot
2024
- Long-term part-time (LTPT) worker eligibility (SECURE 1.0)
- Eliminate pre-death required minimum distribution (RMD) from Roth accounts
- Surviving spouse RMD election
2025
- Reduced eligibility period for LTPT employees; expansion to 403(b) plans (SECURE 2.0)
- Mandatory automatic enrollment for new plans
- Retirement savings lost and found
2026
- Roth catch-up contributions
- Annual paper statements
- Plan amendment deadline*
2027
- Saver’s match**
2033
- RMD age Increase to 75
* Notice 2024-2 extended the deadline to adopt amendments that relate to the CARES Act, the SECURE Act, and SECURE 2.0 to December 31, 2026, (regardless of plan year).
** Saver’s credit will become Saver’s match in 2027.
SECURE 2.0 Updates, Insights, and Opportunities (May 2024)
Hear the latest SECURE 2.0 updates from our experts.
Mandatory automatic enrollment for new plans I Required
This provision, which applies to contributions made after January 1, 2025, affects employers with more than 10 employees and who have been in business for three or more years. They will now have to implement an automatic enrollment provision for a new 401(k) or 403(b) plan established on or after December 29, 2022. In this guide, read more about this provision and also how participants can adjust their automatic enrollment percentage.
Reduced eligibility period for LTPT employees; expansion to 403(b) plans (SECURE 2.0) I Required
The LTPT provision of SECURE 1.0 was enacted in 2024. Effective January 1, 2025, SECURE 2.0 mandates that part-time employees who work at least 500 hours in each of two consecutive years must be eligible to make elective deferrals and expands the requirement to include 403(b) plans.
Retirement savings lost and found I Required
SECURE 2.0 directs the Department of Labor (DOL) to create a searchable online retirement savings lost-and-found database that will enable workers to locate retirement benefits to which they may be entitled.
Higher catch-up contribution limit I Optional
As of January 1, 2025, SECURE 2.0 will increase the catch-up limit for participants ages 60–63 to the greater of $10,000 or 150% of the then-current catch-up limit.