The bill that would reinstate felony drug possession crimes in Oklahoma has been pulled from its Senate committee, meaning it likely won't be heard this year.

In the bill's absence, the committee approved four criminal justice reform measures requested by Gov. Mary Fallin.

House Bill 1482 would have created a 1,000-foot zone around schools where drug possession would trigger a felony charge. Oklahoma voters in November approved sweeping changes to the state's drug laws that made nearly all possession charges a misdemeanor.

Senate Public Safety Chairman Jack Fry said Thursday that the Senate author, Moore Republican Anthony Sykes, pulled the bill from consideration. The deadline for House bills to pass Senate committees is next week, and Fry said the only other business his panel might have left would be consideration of gubernatorial nominations.