diff --git a/liiweb/views/legislation.py b/liiweb/views/legislation.py
index a74d299e2..7cf1c46ee 100644
--- a/liiweb/views/legislation.py
+++ b/liiweb/views/legislation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class LegislationListView(BaseLegislationListView):
     def get_form(self):
         self.form_defaults = {"sort": "title"}
         if self.variant in ["recent", "subleg"]:
-            self.form_defaults = {"sort": "-date"}
+            self.form_defaults = {"sort": "-date", "secondary_sort": "-frbr_uri_number"}
         return super().get_form()
 
     def get_base_queryset(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/peachjam/forms.py b/peachjam/forms.py
index aa54b7e73..bb186d889 100644
--- a/peachjam/forms.py
+++ b/peachjam/forms.py
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ def filter_queryset(self, queryset, exclude=None, filter_q=False):
 
     def order_queryset(self, queryset, exclude=None):
         sort = self.cleaned_data.get("sort") or "-date"
+        if sort == "-date" and "frbr_uri_number" in self.secondary_sort:
+            self.secondary_sort = "-frbr_uri_number"
+        elif sort == "date" and "frbr_uri_number" in self.secondary_sort:
+            self.secondary_sort = "frbr_uri_number"
         queryset = queryset.order_by(sort, self.secondary_sort)
         return queryset