A bill that would have required an evaluation of the chief election officer after each general election died because of a procedural gaffe in a legislative conference committee last week.

As conferees agreed to go with the Senate’s position on Senate Bill 853 — to have the state Elections Commission conduct a review after each election, as opposed to the House version calling for a review every six months — the Senate voted without the required quorum.

Sen. Maile Shimabukuro (D, Kalaeloa-Waianae-Ma­kaha), a co-chairwoman on the Senate side, was elsewhere in the Capitol and not summoned for the vote.

The vote was taken in the final minutes of conference as lawmakers approached a 6 p.m. deadline Friday with various lawmakers coming and going from conference room to conference room to vote on bills.

Lawmakers said the incorrect vote was not intentional and that there was not enough time to vote again.

It was the second time last week a vote on a bill was invalidated because conferees voted without a quorum.

House conferees Thursday took an incorrect vote on a bill to provide $6 million for the Hawaii Growth Initiative, a program intended to encourage entrepreneurs who might help diversify the state’s economy. Conferees reconvened Friday to take the proper vote.

Senate Bill 853 called for the state Elections Commission to conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election officer after each election. It stemmed from the 2012 general election fiasco in which a miscalculation resulted in ballot shortages at two dozen polling places. The bill also would have required the commission to submit a written report to the Legislature within 90 days of the certification of election results.

A review conducted by the Elections Commission in the performance of Chief Election Officer Scott Nago found that although a series of mistakes led to the ballot shortages, none was serious enough to merit his firing or other disciplinary action.