(CNN)Will the Confederate flag be history in South Carolina?
After an impassioned discussion Monday, a bill that would remove the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds was approved by state lawmakers in a 37-3 Senate vote.
The bill -- which is scheduled for a final Senate vote on Tuesday -- needs a two-thirds majority vote to pass and move to the House for approval.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and others have called for the flag to be taken down in the wake of a deadly shooting at a predominately black church in Charleston.