Senator Brice Wiggins represents District 52 covering south Jackson County,

including the cities of Pascagoula, Gautier, and Ocean Springs.

Brice has generations of ties to the Jackson County area. He grew up in Pascagoula, attending public schools there and graduating from Pascagoula High School in 1989. His father, Dr. Chris Wiggins, was born in Pascagoula and has practiced orthopedic surgery in Jackson County for over thirty years while his mother, Linda Wiggins, has worked as a teacher and librarian at Sacred Heart and Resurrection Schools. Brice is the great-grandson of Daisy Delmas and Ed Wiggins, mayor of Pascagoula from 1953-1957 and founder and owner of Wiggins Drugstores. Brice grew up playing sports in Pascagoula including soccer for Pascagoula High School. He adamantly believes in giving back to his community.

After completing his first term, Brice ran unopposed in 2015. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves named him Chairman of the first ever Senate Medicaid Committee, overseeing policy of one of the state’s largest budget items. In addition to serving on Appropriations, Education, and other committees, Brice serves as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Public Health Committee, one of the largest committees in the Senate. In a rare occurrence as a freshman legislator, Brice served as Chairman of the Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee during his first term.

In his five years in the Senate, Brice has authored and passed legislation strengthening Mississippi’s child abuse laws, allowing for the collection of DNA after arrest on violent felonies, increasing GPS monitoring of sex offenders, and increasing funding for prosecution of child abuse cases. For his work in these areas, Brice has received a number of awards.

Brice has been the lead author of two transformative pieces of legislation, the 2013 Early Learning Collaborative Act which established Mississippi’s first ever early education program and the Criminal Justice Reform Act which clarified and strengthened laws against violent offenders and is projected to save Mississippi taxpayers $210 million in correction costs. Brice also introduced and helped pass the Lonnie Smith Act in 2013 strengthening and reforming felony child abuse statutes, working with Jackson County prosecutors and Mississippi Prosecutors Association. Both have become model legislation for other states addressing these issues. As Chairman of Ports and Marine Resources, Brice secured $10 million for the expansion of the Port of Pascagoula.

Calling on his previous prosecutor experience, Brice authored and passed into law the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Accountability and Transparency Act in the wake of indictments of key DMR officials. Furthering his good government credentials, Brice authored and passed, with the help of Lt. Governor Tate Reeves, legislation opening up the meetings of the state’s community hospitals and requiring them to be more transparent with their activities and documents.

In his “other job,” Brice has his own law practice, Wiggins Law, PLLC, where he handles general legislation, family law, corporate law, trucking litigation and municipal court matters. Previous to serving in the Senate, Brice served as an Assistant District Attorney and Youth Court Prosecutor in Jackson County.

Brice and his wife Heather are active members of Eastlawn United Methodist Church where he served as Administrative Council President from 2003-2004. He is the proud father of two children, Landon and Grace.