diff --git a/consensus/state_processing/src/common/get_attesting_indices.rs b/consensus/state_processing/src/common/get_attesting_indices.rs
index b131f7679a3..842adce431c 100644
--- a/consensus/state_processing/src/common/get_attesting_indices.rs
+++ b/consensus/state_processing/src/common/get_attesting_indices.rs
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ pub mod attesting_indices_electra {
 
         let committee_count_per_slot = committees.len() as u64;
         let mut participant_count = 0;
-        for index in committee_indices {
+        for committee_index in committee_indices {
             let beacon_committee = committees
-                .get(index as usize)
-                .ok_or(Error::NoCommitteeFound(index))?;
+                .get(committee_index as usize)
+                .ok_or(Error::NoCommitteeFound(committee_index))?;
 
             // This check is new to the spec's `process_attestation` in Electra.
-            if index >= committee_count_per_slot {
-                return Err(BeaconStateError::InvalidCommitteeIndex(index));
+            if committee_index >= committee_count_per_slot {
+                return Err(BeaconStateError::InvalidCommitteeIndex(committee_index));
             }
             participant_count.safe_add_assign(beacon_committee.committee.len() as u64)?;
             let committee_attesters = beacon_committee
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ pub mod attesting_indices_electra {
                 })
                 .collect::<HashSet<u64>>();
 
+            // Require at least a single non-zero bit for each attesting committee bitfield.
+            // This check is new to the spec's `process_attestation` in Electra.
+            if committee_attesters.is_empty() {
+                return Err(BeaconStateError::EmptyCommittee);
+            }
+
             attesting_indices.extend(committee_attesters);
             committee_offset.safe_add_assign(beacon_committee.committee.len())?;
         }
diff --git a/consensus/types/src/beacon_state.rs b/consensus/types/src/beacon_state.rs
index 833231dca39..92fd998d71e 100644
--- a/consensus/types/src/beacon_state.rs
+++ b/consensus/types/src/beacon_state.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     UnknownValidator(usize),
     UnableToDetermineProducer,
     InvalidBitfield,
+    EmptyCommittee,
     ValidatorIsWithdrawable,
     ValidatorIsInactive {
         val_index: usize,