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SMART Savings Act of 2026
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
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PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY via PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
HR 2441 -- Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025 -- modernize investor disclosure requirements by allowing broader use of electronic delivery and streamlined disclosure methods. HR 6644 -- 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act -- expand and modernize housing finance programs to improve access to affordable housing and homeownership opportunities. DRAFT -- FHLB Membership Clarification Act -- clarify that insurance companies and other eligible financial institutions remain qualified members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system. Issue -- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reporting
Source: Senate LDA
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
CLEAR Forms Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
DOC Access Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 2441 -- Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025 -- modernize investor disclosure requirements by allowing broader use of electronic delivery and streamlined disclosure methods. HR 6644 -- 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act -- expand and modernize housing finance programs to improve access to affordable housing and homeownership opportunities. DRAFT -- FHLB Membership Clarification Act -- clarify that insurance companies and other eligible financial institutions remain qualified members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system. Issue -- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reporting
Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
American Science First Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 254/S 1335 -- Secure Family Futures Act - adjust the tax treatment of insurance company debt investments Issue -- Insurance Company Life/Non-Life Consolidated Returns S 4279 -- Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act - impose reporting requirements and amend tax treatment of private placement life insurance
Secure Family Futures Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
S.__ - Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act. (This bill would restrict the use of private placement life insurance) H.R. 2547 Secure Family Futures Act (Ordinary treatment bill)
Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
EBSA Investigations Transparency Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Insurance Data Protection Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
Keeping Obstetrics Local Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition.
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
Retirement Investment Choice Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
ERISA Litigation Reform Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 2441 -- Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025 -- modernize investor disclosure requirements by allowing broader use of electronic delivery and streamlined disclosure methods. HR 6644 -- 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act -- expand and modernize housing finance programs to improve access to affordable housing and homeownership opportunities. DRAFT -- FHLB Membership Clarification Act -- clarify that insurance companies and other eligible financial institutions remain qualified members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system. Issue -- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reporting
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
Automatic IRA Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Automatic IRA Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Auto Reenroll Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Home Savings Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Clarity for Compensation Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
SAFER Act of 2026
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
SAFE Banking Act of 2026
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Secure Family Futures Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 254/S 1335 -- Secure Family Futures Act - adjust the tax treatment of insurance company debt investments Issue -- Insurance Company Life/Non-Life Consolidated Returns S 4279 -- Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act - impose reporting requirements and amend tax treatment of private placement life insurance
Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Insurance Data Protection Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
S. __ - Data Care Act. The legislation would establish duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality, and a violation of the duties would be treated as a violation of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule with fine authority. Issue: Data Privacy H.R.__/S.__ Online Privacy Act - The legislation would provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements. Issue: Data Privacy S. 1582. GENIUS Act. This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value). Issue: Digital Assets. S.2164 - Algorithmic Accountability Act. This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes. Issue: Algorithmic Accountability. H.R. __ - Responsible AI Disclosure Act. The bill would require the Federal financial agencies to carry out a study and report on standardized descriptions for vendor-provided artificial intelligence systems. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). S.2750 - SANDBOX Act To require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for artificial intelligence. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). ___ - Draft legislation on data privacy. The bill would make improvements to title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Issue: Dada Privacy. H.R.___ and S.___ - Draft data privacy legislation. Issue: Data Privacy H.R. __ - Draft cybersecurity legislation. Issue: Cybersecurity Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI), including a federal moratorium Issue: Draft legislation that would require notice of data security breaches. Issue: Cybersecurity and Privacy.
Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Auto Reenroll Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
S. __ - Data Care Act. The legislation would establish duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality, and a violation of the duties would be treated as a violation of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule with fine authority. Issue: Data Privacy H.R.__/S.__ Online Privacy Act - The legislation would provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements. Issue: Data Privacy S. 1582. GENIUS Act. This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value). Issue: Digital Assets. S.2164 - Algorithmic Accountability Act. This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes. Issue: Algorithmic Accountability. H.R. __ - Responsible AI Disclosure Act. The bill would require the Federal financial agencies to carry out a study and report on standardized descriptions for vendor-provided artificial intelligence systems. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). S.2750 - SANDBOX Act To require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for artificial intelligence. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). ___ - Draft legislation on data privacy. The bill would make improvements to title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Issue: Dada Privacy. H.R.___ and S.___ - Draft data privacy legislation. Issue: Data Privacy H.R. __ - Draft cybersecurity legislation. Issue: Cybersecurity Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI), including a federal moratorium Issue: Draft legislation that would require notice of data security breaches. Issue: Cybersecurity and Privacy.
Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
S. __ - Data Care Act. The legislation would establish duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality, and a violation of the duties would be treated as a violation of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule with fine authority. Issue: Data Privacy H.R.__/S.__ Online Privacy Act - The legislation would provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements. Issue: Data Privacy S. 1582. GENIUS Act. This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value). Issue: Digital Assets. S.2164 - Algorithmic Accountability Act. This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes. Issue: Algorithmic Accountability. H.R. __ - Responsible AI Disclosure Act. The bill would require the Federal financial agencies to carry out a study and report on standardized descriptions for vendor-provided artificial intelligence systems. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). S.2750 - SANDBOX Act To require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for artificial intelligence. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). ___ - Draft legislation on data privacy. The bill would make improvements to title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Issue: Dada Privacy. H.R.___ and S.___ - Draft data privacy legislation. Issue: Data Privacy H.R. __ - Draft cybersecurity legislation. Issue: Cybersecurity Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI), including a federal moratorium Issue: Draft legislation that would require notice of data security breaches. Issue: Cybersecurity and Privacy.
Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
HR 254/S 1335 -- Secure Family Futures Act - adjust the tax treatment of insurance company debt investments Issue -- Insurance Company Life/Non-Life Consolidated Returns S 4279 -- Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act - impose reporting requirements and amend tax treatment of private placement life insurance
SAFE Banking Act of 2026
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
SMART Savings Act of 2026
Client: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Firm: PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
HR 3383 -- Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025 -- expand access to capital and investment opportunities HR 10039/S 5204 -- SMART Savings Act -- modernize Individual Retirement Account (IRA) regulations and remove IRAs from Department of Labor (DOL) prohibited transaction rules HR 1013/S 424 -- Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - allow 403b plans to invest in CITs and insurance separate account products HR 2696 -- Retirement Savings for Americans Act -- establish federally supported retirement savings accounts for workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. HR 9515 (117th) -- General Accounts Product Clarifications Act -- specifies requirements for the application of the ERISA to general account policies that receive contributions from employee benefit plans HR 3942 (118th) -- Lifetime Income for Employees Act - enable use of lifetime income options within workplace retirement plans HR 6324/S 5156 -- Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act -- expand in-service rollover options by allowing individuals aged 50 and older to roll over their employee-sponsored 401(k) savings into an annuity. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- DOL Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives Monitoring Department of Labor -- guidance affecting fiduciary responsibilities when selecting retirement plan investment options HR 6450/S 3352 -- Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act -- allow workers to roll over savings from a Roth IRA directly into a designated Roth account within a workplace retirement plan HR 6722 -- Automatic IRA Act of 2025 -- require employers without retirement plans to facilitate automatic payroll-deduction IRAs for employees.
Issue -- Data Privacy Issue -- Artificial Intelligence
HR 254/S 1335 -- Secure Family Futures Act - adjust the tax treatment of insurance company debt investments Issue -- Insurance Company Life/Non-Life Consolidated Returns S 4279 -- Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act - impose reporting requirements and amend tax treatment of private placement life insurance
Issue -- UK Prudential Regulation Authority Consultation Paper 8/26 on Funded Reinsurance Issue -- Data Localization & Cross-Border Data Flow
DRAFT -- Voluntary Excepted Supplemental Benefits Protection Act -- preserve employer flexibility to offer voluntary excepted-benefit products such as supplemental health coverage HR 1521 -- DOC Access Act -- prohibits insurance plans from dictating rates optometrists and dentists can charge patients for non-covered items and services HR 7187 -- Clarity for Compensation Act -- clarify compensation disclosure requirements for insurance and financial professionals to promote regulatory consistency and consumer understanding. Issue -- Proposed Rule -- SEC Regulation E-Delivery -- monitoring SEC framework for the electronic delivery of investor disclosures. HR 4735 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 -- affirm the enforcement authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over entities regulated by state insurance commissioners HR 10234 -- CLEAR Forms Act - direct SEC to established dedicated filing forms for certain registered insurance products HR 8338 -- Safeguarding Americans' Fairly Earned Retirement (SAFER) Act -- restrict state escheatment and seizure of private investment and retirement accounts HR 9471/S 4942 -- SAFE Banking Act -- federal safe harbor allowing financial institutions to serve state-legal cannabis businesses without fear of federal banking penalties.
Filing targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY via PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
Issue: Tariffs Issue: Data Localization & Cross-Border Data Flow Issue: Digital Services Tax (DST) Issue: OECD Pillar II UTPR
S. __ - Data Care Act. The legislation would establish duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality, and a violation of the duties would be treated as a violation of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule with fine authority. Issue: Data Privacy H.R.__/S.__ Online Privacy Act - The legislation would provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements. Issue: Data Privacy S. 1582. GENIUS Act. This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value). Issue: Digital Assets. S.2164 - Algorithmic Accountability Act. This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes. Issue: Algorithmic Accountability. H.R. __ - Responsible AI Disclosure Act. The bill would require the Federal financial agencies to carry out a study and report on standardized descriptions for vendor-provided artificial intelligence systems. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). S.2750 - SANDBOX Act To require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for artificial intelligence. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). ___ - Draft legislation on data privacy. The bill would make improvements to title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Issue: Dada Privacy. H.R.___ and S.___ - Draft data privacy legislation. Issue: Data Privacy H.R. __ - Draft cybersecurity legislation. Issue: Cybersecurity Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI), including a federal moratorium Issue: Draft legislation that would require notice of data security breaches. Issue: Cybersecurity and Privacy.
H.R.1013, S.424 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025: Allows 403(b) retirement plans to invest in Collective Investment Trust or Separate Accounts Insurance Products to establish investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. H.R. 2082-WISH Act-- provide for long-term care insurance benefits H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. H.R.2696/ S.1526 - Retirement Savings for Americans Act This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. H.R. 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation clarifies the criteria for meeting the fiduciary duty of ERISA. H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. H.R. 4718/S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. H.R. 6729/S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. General Accounts Product Corrections Act: Would clarify fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts.
S.__ - Protecting Proper Life Insurance from (PPLI) Abuse Act. (This bill would restrict the use of private placement life insurance) H.R. 2547 Secure Family Futures Act (Ordinary treatment bill)
H.R. 4735/S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act (To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance.) H.R. 643 FIO Elimination Act (This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also removes the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.) S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform.
H.R.1777/S. 1561 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act. To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce. Issue: remote online notarization H.R. 2441/ - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the SEC to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R. 6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - This bill revises federal housing programs. Issue: prohibition on investor ownership of homes H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. H.R. ____ the Consumer-Led Enhancement of Annuity and Insurance Registration (CLEAR) Forms Act: This bill would require the SEC to create forms for non-variable registered annuities and life insurance products. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.
Filing targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)