WA HB2629

Creates a new Class C felony for "destruction of critical communications infrastructure" when a person intentionally damages or renders inoperable voice, video, or data services, including physical and cyber components

Establishes a civil cause of action allowing persons who sustain injury to person, business, or property from critical infrastructure destruction to sue for damages plus reasonable investigative and attorneys' fees

Strengthens scrap metal business regulations by prohibiting cash payments for nonferrous metal transactions (only stored value devices, electronic funds transfer, or nontransferable checks allowed) and making it unlawful to sell transaction records

Imposes escalating civil penalties on scrap metal businesses dealing in stolen copper from telecommunication cables: up to $10,000 for first violation, up to $20,000 for second violation, and mandatory license revocation for third violation

Adds destruction of critical communications infrastructure to the list of "criminal profiteering" activities under Washington's organized crime statute and places it at Seriousness Level II in the state sentencing guidelines