The Nebraska Legislature gave second-round approval Wednesday to a new Safe Haven bill that sets a 30-day age limit on the children that could be dropped off at a hospital.

The vote was 41-6 to advance the proposal to a final vote and state senators are expected to pass the measure on Friday. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to sign it into law immediately.

One of the most vocal opponents of Safe Haven said the change will protect older children from suffering the emotional trauma of being abandoned.

"My green vote is a vote against the Safe Haven concept and in favor of bringing an end to dropping off these unfortunate children,” said Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

Even as the Legislature meets this week in special session to fix the Safe Haven Law that took effect in July, another teen has been abandoned at a Nebraska hospital.

Todd Landry, director of the Division of Children and Family Services for the Department of Health and Human Services, said a 15-year-old girl was left at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

Landry said the Hall County youth was left at the hospital by her guardian, a relative, late Tuesday afternoon. The girl is now in a foster home.

This was the 26th instance of use of LB 157 and the 35th child left at a hospital under the law since September 13th. As has been widely reported, the Safe Haven Law was passed with no age limit. That allowed people from as far away as Michigan and Indiana to abandon children in Nebraska without fear of penalty.