(WHNT) — Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville are two of 18 co-sponsors on a bill aimed at making campus protestors convicted of crimes ineligible to receive certain loan forgiveness.

The bill, called the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, was introduced on May 2 by Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas).

Senator Katie Britt issued the following statement regarding the bill:

“American college campuses shouldn’t be daycares. When students disrupt campus learning environments by choosing to break the law, they should face real-world consequences. One of these consequences should certainly be that American taxpayers aren’t going to pick up their tab. The No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act isa commonsense bill that would deter further lawlessness on campuses across our nation.”

Senator Katie Britt

Senator Tommy Tuberville also issued the following statement regarding the bill:

“I spent 40 years in education, our college campuses are not daycare facilities. You have the right to protest in this country, but you do not have the right to riot, takeover public spaces, or threaten other students. The Supreme Court has already ruled that Biden’s student loan scheme is unconstitutional. Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay a cent towards other people’s loans and they certainly shouldn’t pay the tuitions of these entitled criminals who are wreaking havoc on college campuses. We need law and order and common sense restored in this country.”

Senator Tommy Tuberville

If passed, the bill looks “to establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain Federal student loans.”

The introduction of the bill comes amidst college campus protests nationwide.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik and other school officials appeared before the House Education Committee to testify about their response to on-campus antisemitism last month.

The testimony from campus officials sparked a Gaza solidarity encampment that began on Columbia’s campus the same day. Nearly 400 campus protests have occurred in the two weeks since, according to a report from The Hill.

Here in the Yellowhammer State, hundreds of students at the University of Alabama took part in a pro-Palestine protest outside of the student center last week.

“People have been arrested at 36 universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and California Polytechnic University, Humboldt,” The Hill reported. 25 students were arrested for trespassing at the University of Virginia on Saturday.

You can read more about the recent campus protests here.

According to Cotton’s office, Congressman Brandon Williams of New York’s 22nd District is leading companion legislation in the House of Representatives.