diff --git a/liiweb/views/legislation.py b/liiweb/views/legislation.py
index ea01914b5..783c4a0f0 100644
--- a/liiweb/views/legislation.py
+++ b/liiweb/views/legislation.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class LegislationListView(FilteredDocumentListView):
 
     def get_form(self):
         self.form_defaults = {"sort": "title"}
-        if self.variant == "recent":
+        if self.variant in ["recent", "subleg"]:
             self.form_defaults = {"sort": "-date"}
         return super().get_form()
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def add_children(self, queryset):
         children = defaultdict(list)
         children_qs = Legislation.objects.filter(
             parent_work_id__in=parents, repealed=False, metadata_json__principal=True
-        )
+        ).order_by("-date")
         children_qs = children_qs.preferred_language(get_language(self.request))
         # group children by parent
         for child in children_qs: